Soft X-ray Laser

…producing extremely short pulses, which will open up new fields of research in ultrafast science. Four scientific areas are in focus for the SXL from the start • atomic, molecular…

Dear user community: CoSAXS beamline is performance ready

…V., Weninger, C., Plivelic, T. S., Terry, A. E. & Bjorling, A. Measurement of the coherent beam properties at the CoSAXS beamline open_in_new J. Synchrotron Rad. 28. (2021) doi.org/10.1107/S1600577521009140 open_in_new

First Users at Balder Beamline Seek to Illuminate MXenes

…Local chemical bonding and structural properties in Ti3AlC2 MAX phase and Ti3C2Tx MXene probed by Ti 1s x-ray absorption spectroscopy open_in_new PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH 2, 033516 (2020) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.033516 open_in_new

A cloudy route for shipping in the Arctic

…Erik S. Thomson Changes in CCN activity of ship exhaust particles induced by fuel sulfur content reduction and wet scrubbing open_in_new Environ. Sci.: Atmos., 2023, 3, 182 DOI: 10.1039/d2ea00081d open_in_new

ForMAX beamline celebrates 1 year in operations

On November 1, 2022, we announced the opening of ForMAX, a beamline specially designed primarily for research on new, sustainable wood-based materials from the forest. The beamline also provides new

Honeycomb silicon carbide: a research surprise

…Bäcke, J. Ekman, S. P. Dash, S. Kubatkin, and S. Lara-Avila Bottom-Up Growth of Monolayer Honeycomb SiC open_in_new Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 076203 – Published 14 February 2023 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.076203 open_in_new

Deciphering corrosion resistance of superalloys

…Delblanc A., Pan J., Lundgren E. Thickness and composition of native oxides and near-surface regions of Ni superalloys open_in_new Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 25 February 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.162657 open_in_new

Our Activities

…equipment (upgrades, new branches, new beamlines). Installation and maintenance of vacuum systems and equipment across the facility (including bakeouts, leak detection tests, small repairing jobs and substitution of faulty parts)….