Data Handling

Many IT services at MAX IV like access to experimental data and computing resources need a VPN and other authentication tools. It is strongly recommended that users install and familiarize…

Compensation & benefits

…it is very important that you maintain a work-life balance which is why we offer flexible working hours. Professional development – We support your development and every year a staff…

Reaction undercover: boosting the potency of catalysts

In the field of catalysis research, a relatively new strategy for molecular energy conversion is the use of space-confined catalysis, with undercover catalysis being one example. Scientists are learning that

Designing a Model Catalyst for Large-Scale Biofuel Production

…hydrotreatment processes. The result is biofuel (shown on the far right). Credit: Sara Blomberg Catalysts are chemicals that promote reactions. Tackling the question, how can industrial catalysts efficiently transform lignin…

Soft X-ray absorption

…of the X-ray photon absorption, a core electron may be promoted into various unoccupied states; the probability of this promotion is strongly dependent on the photon energy and experimental geometry….

Meet the students

…of quantum refinement for time-resolved crystallography Hi all, I’m Gayathri Yuvaraj from India. I work at Lund University in the Computational chemistry division. My background expertise includes Computational chemistry, X-ray…

Dear user community: CoSAXS beamline is performance ready

…our MAX IV colleague Konstantin Klementiev. It was natural to compare experimental results against these measurements,” said Maik Kahnt, MAX IV beamline scientist. “We could also verify that these simulations…

Microgel properties in X-ray spotlight

The article was featured on the cover of Macromolecules journal. Microgels consist of polymers that are crosslinked and forms a ball somewhat resembling a tiny ball of yarn. The connections…