Studies of surfaces with X-ray diffraction

	Areas of Research - Examples
	Studies of Liquids
	Electronic Structure and Dynamics      of Surface Systems
	Studies of Reactions at Surfaces
	Surface structure, dynamics & magnetism
	Studies of surfaces with X-ray diffraction
	Environmental and materials research
	Studies of Protein Crystals
	Studies of Molecule Structures      with SAXS
	Microscopes - IR & PEEM
	Accelerator Physics
	Nuclear Physics
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	Seminars at MAX-lab
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X-ray diffraction is one of the tools for researchers to obtain detailed structural information on crystalline surfaces, thin films and interface layers. This is of importance for industrial applications like electronics, optics and catalysis. MAX-lab has a strong tradition of surface science in the soft X-ray region (<2keV), and Beamline I811 complements this by being able to performe surface diffraction at x-ray energies up to 20 keV (0.6 Å).

The Beamline is equipped with an experimental station based on a large diffractometer where samples contained in ultra-high vacuum (UHV) chambers can be precisely oriented in the X-ray beam.

The main research areas at Beamline I811 include:

• Reflectivity measurements of thin films and surfaces
• Studies of surface structures
• Studies of the interface structure between bulk and surface
• In-situ studies of layer deposition
• In-situ studies of catalytical processes on surfaces near ambient pressures

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