Ionic liquids key to sustainable energy storage

…Salts contain negative and positive ions and, for example, table salt, sodium chloride, contains positive sodium ions and negative chloride ions but has a melting point around 800 °C. RTILs…

Results from the Spring23 call for proposals

Please note that due to uncertainties related to the risk of electricity shortage affecting MAX IV user operation, a comparably large number of proposals were put on reserve-list for this…

CoSAXS Detectors

…Specification for Eiger2 4M SAXS detectorNumber of detector modules 2 x 4 Sensitive area (width x height) [mm²] 155.1 x 162.2 Pixel size [µm²] 75 x 75 Total number of…

Data access

…are stored in /data/visitors/formax/#Proposal/#Visit/raw/. Reduced files are stored in /data/visitors/formax/#Proposal/#Visit/process/azint/. Each scan will be saved with the name scan-####.h5, where #### is a sequential number. The users need to keep…

Experimental station

…dehumidifier Sample centering mechanical resolution 200 nm Beam shaping 5-100 μm diameter Eiger2 16M Hybrid-pixel Detector Number of pixels 4150 × 4371 = 18’139’650 Sensor material Cd Te, thickness 750…

CoSAXS Sample Environment

…a thermostatic, water bath, controlled holder. Basic capillary rack. A number of capillaries can be mounted vertically within an aluminium block. Please note that for weakly scattering systems, reproducibility and…

Microscope

The analysis chamber hosts a VT XA STM (ScientaOmicron). The microscope has recently (2019) been upgraded so that non-contact AFM via QPlus sensors became possible. Most of our users run…

STM sampleholders and sample mounting

…a custom-built sampleplate). The receiver is back-compatible with standard ScientaOmicron flag-type sampleplates, however, the vertical distance between the baseplate and the direct current contact may differ from that in original…

WiFi

There are a number of wireless networks on-site. Here is some information on the differences between the different networks. Available Wireless Network SSIDs maxiv_user Intended for use by visiting scientists…

HPC Basics

…may be limited to active proposal periods. For access problems or need for additional access, contact Thomas Eriksson. Starting information for “Dummies” If you are happy with a Linux prompt,…