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…

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….

MAX IV Board

…laboratory’s funders. The Board shall also actively work to attract new funding and to promote the industrial use of MAX IV Laboratory. Members The Board consists of nine members including…

HALOS – A unique collaboration in Life Science

…Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Germany, MAX IV and ESS in Sweden, DESY, the European XFEL in Germany, the Medicon Valley Alliance (MVA), industry in MedTech, BioTech and Pharma, Region Skåne, the Capital Region of Denmark and the City of Hamburg. In…

Science at CoSAXS

…Gothenburg X-ray source Sweden MAX IV Laboratory Lund X-ray source Germany  PETRA III and FLASH at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg Neutron sources  European Spallation Source ESS in Lund Sweden Project leaders…

Student engagement at MAX IV with MATRAC School

The school’s name, MATRAC, is an acronym for ‘materials’ and Röntgen-Ångström Cluster (RÅC), a German-Swedish collaboration designed to strengthen materials science and structural biology research through use of neutron and synchrotron sources. The…

Resolution of the AC-SPELEEM

Energy resolution The energy resolution in the various acquisition modes is: better than 0.2 eV in XPEEM; 0.15 eV in μ-XPS and 0.15 eV in μ-ARPES. Spatial resolution The spatial…

Surface & Material Science branch

…A 3D model of this system is available to the potential users on request. Analysis chamber Base pressure 3⋅10-10mbar Sample manipulation 4-axis LHe/LN2 manipulator (VG Omniax): 3 motorized translations x,y…