User Guide

Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering with medium-high resolving power, up to 17000, in the energy range 400 eV - 1600 eV.

Momentum dispersion in 3D materials involving the spectrometer arm rotation within the allowed 2theta range.

Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering with high resolving power, up to 35000, in the energy range 400 eV - 1600 eV.

Spectrometer arm 2theta can be moved continuously between 38deg to 150deg.

Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering in the energy range 180 eV - 400 eV and 1600 eV - 2000 eV.

2D x-ray fluorescence and ptychography imaging using multilayer Laue lenses as focusing optics (minimum beam size of ~12 nm; energy range 12-18 keV).

3D x-ray fluorescence and ptychography imaging using multilayer Laue lenses as focusing optics (min. beam size of ~12 nm at 12-18 keV). Significant geometric constraints are imposed. Please contact beamline scientist before submitting a proposal.

Bragg diffraction imaging (using Bragg ptychography or conventional nanodiffraction). Significant geometric constraints are imposed. Please contact beamline scientist before submitting a proposal.

2D/3D x-ray fluorescence and ptychography imaging using a zone plate as a focusing optic (minimum beam size of ~40 nm; energy range 6-18 keV. Higher energies can be reached but with lower efficiencies).

2D XANES imaging using a zoneplate as a focusing optic (minimum beam size of ~40 nm; energy range 6-13 keV. Higher energies can be reached but with lower efficiencies).

2D/3D Bragg diffraction imaging (via Bragg ptychography or conventional nanodiffraction) using a zone plate as a focusing optic (minimum beam size of ~40 nm; energy range 6-18 keV. Higher energies can be reached but with lower efficiencies).

In situ heating/biasing measurement in 2D and 3D.

Spectro-tomography for three-dimensional chemical imaging

Micro-XAS (X-ray absorption spectroscopy)

Micro-XRF (X-ray fluorescence imaging)

Phosphorus (P) and Sulfur (S) K-edge uXANES spectroscopy and imaging

Pink beam Bio-imaging

Surface and interface studies using crystal truncation rod, reflectivity, and/or grazing incidence diffraction capabilities (6-23 keV)

Single-crystal resonant x-ray scattering with tender or hard x-rays (2.4-23 keV)

In-situ studies of materials growth with hard x-rays (8-23 keV), optional use of gas flow control and handling capabilities for non-hazardous gases, optional secondary focusing with 2 micron (V) x 11 micron (H) beam

Single-crystal x-ray scattering with variable linear incident polarization, hard x-ray (6-14 kev)

X-ray fluorescence imaging

XANES spectroscopy

Development of multimodal imaging techniques

Transmission XAFS, fluorescence XAFS with a four-element Si-drift detector

X-ray diffraction on modified Huber psi diffractometer:

new Pilatus detector for powder diffraction

Combined XAS/XRD

Powder diffraction

XAS in transmission and fluorescence mode

Combined fluorescence mode XAS/DRIFTS

NEXAFS spectroscopy in partial and total electron yield modes with a nominal beam size of about 300 µm and an energy range of 100 – 2200 eV

NEXAFS spectroscopy in fluorescence yield mode with a nominal beam size of about 300 µm and an energy range of 100 – 2200 eV

Resonant soft x-ray scattering

NEXAFS total electron yield (2.0 keV to 7.5 keV)

NEXAFS partial electron yield (2.0 keV to 7.5 keV)

Soft x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (100 eV - 2200 eV); requires 7-ID-1 and 7-ID-2 beam time requests

Hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (2.0 keV to 6.0 keV)

Bulk XAFS with beam size of 0.5mm (H) x 0.5mm (V) and energy range 2 - 5.5keV.

In situ/operando catalsyt/battery study in the Smart XAS Endstation

High-throughput XAFS in the Smart XAS Endstation

XAS in transmission and total fluorescence mode

Electrochemical operando experiments

Heterogeneous catalysis experiments with small gas volumes (lecture bottles)

XAS experiments in partial fluorescence detection mode

High energy resolution spectroscopy

Cryostream

Closed-cycle Infinite Helium cryostat 4-800K with minigoniometer for single crystal samples

Low temperature sample environment using LN2 cryostream to 80 K.

High temperature sample environments include Linkam hotstage (up to 420 deg C) for polymers or other soft materials and high temperature furnace (> 800 deg C).

Humidity (up to 98%) and temperature (20 – 50 deg C) controlled chamber for biological materials.

Inelastic x-ray scattering at an energy resolution of 1.4 meV with Gaussian-like tails and a momentum resolution of up to 0.1 nm-1.

Small-angle x-ray scattering (transmission or grazing-incidence)

Wide-angle x-ray scattering (transmission or grazing-incidence)

X-ray reflectivity for solid surfaces

In situ material processing or testing experiments in open sample area. CONTACT BEAMLINE STAFF before submitting proposals

X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy

Coherent small-angle x-ray scattering

Coherent wide-angle x-ray scattering (c-WAXS)

Time-resolved microbeam SAXS and USAXS

Quantum Scattering and Ghost Imaging

SWAXS endstation: Time-resolved (GI)SAXS/WAXS for samples "in-vacuum" and "in-air" in the 6.5-24 keV energy range: low divergence and microfocusing modes

SWAXS endstation: Time-resolved (GI)SAXS/WAXS for samples in vacuum in the tender x-ray range, 2.05-6.5 keV: low divergence mode

OPLS endstation: Liquid scattering (single crystal deflector) with X-ray reflectivity, GIWAXS and GISAXS, and fluoresence capabilities

SWAXS endstation: Liquid scattering (limited Q-range with bounce down mirror)

Static solution scattering

Solution scattering with in-line size exclusion chromatography

Micro-beam diffraction with a beam size of 5 μm or smaller

High-throughput x-ray footprinting (liquid or frozen state, BSL2 possible) [remote/mail-in/onsite]

High-dose steady-state x-ray footprinting (capillary flow) [onsite only]

Pink-beam detector development [contact BL staff before submission]

Remote data collection.

Hybrid Access Mode: all samples are collected and or screened the night before your scheduled time (at the moment for academic groups only)..

Macromolecular crystallography with a beam size of 7x5 μm, an energy range of 9.5–18 keV, automatic specimen handling, and data collection with an Eiger 9M detector at framing rates up to 238 Hz.

Automated/Unattended data collection for single crystals of 25 microns, and greater, using either loop centering or x-ray based crystal centering (prefferd) relying on fast rastering. Samples in Spine base only and in UniPucks.

High throughput fragment screening using dedicated lab equipment and AMX resources

Long wavelength data collection with a Helium flight path down to 5 keV

Remote data collection from users' home institution

Room temperature and variable temperature data collection

Fully automated (unattended) data collection of crystals of 40 μm or larger, using loop-based or diffraction-based centering

Multi-crystal crystallography and fixed target scanning serial crystallography

Macromolecular micro-crystallography with a beam size of 1 x 1.5 µm to 10 x 10 µm, energy range from 5 to 30 keV, and sample mounting automation.

Absorption based transmission x-ray microscopy tomography at 30 nm spatial resolution and 20-40 micron field of view. 6-11 keV

2D XANES at 30 nm spatial resolution in the 6-11 keV range

3D XANES based on tomography at 30 nm spatial resolution in the 6-11 keV range

High-energy TXM (10 - 15keV) at 80nm spatial resolution and 100um field of view

Remote access via NX software.

General macromolecular crystallography and anomalous scattering experiments.

ARPES: DA30, T = 10/18 K, ΔE = 6 meV, spot_size = 5 μm

Spatially-resolved x-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy (XANES), energy range 100 – 1450 eV, spatial resolution 10-50 nm

X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) imaging, energy range 100 – 1450 eV, spatial resolution 10-50 nm

X-ray magnetic linear dichroism (XMLD) imaging, energy range 100 – 1450 eV, spatial resolution 10-50 nm

Micro-spot (1.5µm, 5 µm) angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy (µARPES), energy range 40 – 100 eV

Low-energy electron microscopy imaging of surface potential and structural contrast, spatial resolution 5 – 20 nm

Micro-spot (1.5µm, 5 µm) low-energy electron diffraction (µLEED)

Micro-spot absorption/photoemission (μ-XAS , μ-XPS, μ-ARPES)

XMCD and XMLD imaging with in situ magnetic field, up to 50 mT

High pressure infrared spectroscopy and microspectroscopy

High pressure Raman spectroscopy

Near-Field Infrared Nanospectroscopy

Infrared Microspectroscopy

Infrared transmission and reflection spectroscopy

THz/millimeter wave spectroscopy

X-ray scattering, coherent

X-ray scattering, magnetic

X-ray scattering, resonant

Zone-plate-based nano-diffraction

Bragg coherent diffraction imaging (BDCI) plus ptychography

Holography

Surface soft x-ray scattering

Ambient pressure x-ray absorption spectroscopy in electron yield in up to 5-10 Torr gas

Soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy of UHV compatible solid samples in partial fluorescence yield and total electron yield detection modes

Ambient pressure x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy in up to 5 to 10 Torr of gas

XAS using solid state electrochemical cell (UHV, room temperature)

Fluorescence yield XAS with liquid flow cell (sample thickness must be <100 nm and must be deposited on silicon nitride window)

Spatialy resolving energy-dispersive diffraction (EDXD)

Monochromatic high-energy diffraction using an area detector

Time resolved imaging

Time resolved computed tomography

X-ray pair distribution function (PDF)

Wide-angle X-ray powder diffraction

Complementary SAXS setup - Q-range at 74 keV = (0.023 - 1.83) Å-1

Full-field CT imaging

CT diffraction

X-ray Pair Distribution Function

2D Diffraction

2D diffraction with Laue analyzer crystals