A record year for research at MAX IV

…in 2022.  These statistics are published in the MAX IV Annual Report 2023, which is now released.  From the new MAX IV Annual Report: 2023 in numbers. Research on diabetes…

Programme & Partners

…brilliant synchrotron MAX IV. Through PRISMAS, Swedish universities, institutes, leading industrial partners, and MAX IV have come together to make Sweden take the lead in educating the next generation of…

COOL sustainability more than a pipe dream in Lund

…heating around the world.” Kraftringen currently serves two customers with surplus heat from MAX IV; Mollegården the MAX IV-ESS exhibition center, and the new tram depot in northern Brunnshög. Initiated…

X-ray eyes on artifact from shipwreck Gribshunden

“Archaeology and cultural heritage have a huge untapped potential for X-ray investigations at MAX IV,” said Jesper Wallentin, associate professor in the Department of Physics at Lund University in Sweden….

Results from the Fall23 Call for proposals

…beamline chevron_right Beamline Oversubscription Balder 2.83 BioMAX 1.13 Bloch 2 CoSAXS 1.39 DanMAX 1.74 FemtoMAX 1.29 FinEstBeAMS 1.24 FlexPES 1.56 ForMAX 1.57 HIPPIE 2 MAXPEEM 1.46 MicroMAX N/A NanoMAX 1.93…

Targeting weaknesses in quick clays with X-ray data

“At present, X-ray based techniques are not typical for studying quick clay. In Sweden, we are pioneering these kinds of studies. With current state-of-the-art, we are pushing the limits of…

Designing a Model Catalyst for Large-Scale Biofuel Production

…spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and power X-ray diffraction (XRD) among others. The study is part of ongoing work to characterize lignin through the Lignin Research…

Interim Science Director Joachim Schnadt begins at MAX IV

…career in X-ray science. His interest lay in developing the first synchrotron-based ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (APXPS) system in Sweden, an idea he submitted to Vetenskåpsrådet in 2004, subsequently…

History

…the MAX project in the Finance Bill, and MAX receives its first funding. 1983 The MAX team moves into the Northern Apparatus Hall in the M building. MAX I is…

Results from the Spring23 call for proposals

…1.76 FemtoMAX 2 FinEstBeAMS 2.7 FlexPES 2.64 ForMAX 1.88 HIPPIE 2.57 MAXPEEM 1.75 MicroMAX N/A NanoMAX 2.58 SoftiMAX 2 SPECIES 2.83 Veritas 3.75 Accepted proposals per beamline Below you will…