Instrumental developments for anomalous small-angle X-ray scattering from soft matter systems

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 1479-1487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Sztucki ◽  
Emanuela Di Cola ◽  
Theyencheri Narayanan

An optimized instrument for anomalous small-angle X-ray scattering from charged soft matter is described. The experimental setup takes special care for single-photon detection sensitivity, high energy resolution of the monochromator,in situcalibration of intensity and energy, and the avoidance of radiation damage. Measured intensities are normalized to an absolute scale online, which can be further decomposed to resonant and non-resonant contributions. The performance of the instrument is demonstrated by an example involving cationic surfactant micelles with bromide counter-ions. The counter-ion profile around the micelle is deduced from the analysis of anomalous scattering near theK-absorption edge of bromine. Two different approaches yield similar results for the radial profile of the counter-ions, showing strong condensation of the counter-ions on the micellar surface, in agreement with the inference from electrochemical methods.

2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 1508-1512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byron Freelon ◽  
Kamlesh Suthar ◽  
Jan Ilavsky

Coupling small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and ultra-small-angle X-ray scattering (USAXS) provides a powerful system of techniques for determining the structural organization of nanostructured materials that exhibit a wide range of characteristic length scales. A new facility that combines high-energy (HE) SAXS and USAXS has been developed at the Advanced Photon Source (APS). The application of X-rays across a range of energies, from 10 to 50 keV, offers opportunities to probe structural behavior at the nano- and microscale. An X-ray setup that can characterize both soft matter or hard matter and high-Zsamples in the solid or solution forms is described. Recent upgrades to the Sector 15ID beamline allow an extension of the X-ray energy range and improved beam intensity. The function and performance of the dedicated USAXS/HE-SAXS ChemMatCARS-APS facility is described.


2020 ◽  
Vol 91 (12) ◽  
pp. 123501
Author(s):  
M. Šmíd ◽  
C. Baehtz ◽  
A. Pelka ◽  
A. Laso García ◽  
S. Göde ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (19) ◽  
pp. 12064-12074 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilia I. Wisotzki ◽  
Paolo Tempesti ◽  
Emiliano Fratini ◽  
Stefan G. Mayr

Small-angle X-ray scattering revealed ranging structural differences in physically entangled and irradiation-crosslinked gelatin hydrogels.


2005 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 745-750 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Otten ◽  
Sarah Köster ◽  
Bernd Struth ◽  
Anatoly Snigirev ◽  
Thomas Pfohl

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Sibillano ◽  
L. De Caro ◽  
D. Altamura ◽  
D. Siliqi ◽  
M. Ramella ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 373-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayman H. Said ◽  
Thomas Gog ◽  
Michael Wieczorek ◽  
XianRong Huang ◽  
Diego Casa ◽  
...  

A novel diced spherical quartz analyzer for use in resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) is introduced, achieving an unprecedented energy resolution of 10.53 meV at the IrL3absorption edge (11.215 keV). In this work the fabrication process and the characterization of the analyzer are presented, and an example of a RIXS spectrum of magnetic excitations in a Sr3Ir2O7sample is shown.


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