ForMAX allows multiscale and multimodal structural characterization of soft hierarchical materials by an unique combination of full-field microtomography on microscopic length scales with small-and wide-angle x-ray scattering (SWAXS) on nanoscopic legth scales. Full-field imaging and scattering can be carried out in a sequential manner and the switching between modes is efficient. The temporal resolution is sufficient to follow material processing in situ. See the menu to the left for more details on the available x-ray techniques.
About 60% of proposals to ForMAX request multiscale structure characterization by either (i) scanning SWAXS imaging or (ii) combined (scanning) SWAXS and full-field tomographic imaging, while about 30% request standard SWAXS or tomography experiments and approximately 10% request niche experiments utilizing our unique x-ray beam properties. In terms of scientific applications, almost half of the proposals deal with development of new materials from forest resources, approximately a quarter each with other materials science questions and biomedical imaging, and about 10% with food science.