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Beamline 11.0.2

Molecular Environmental Science

Operational

Now

Source characteristics

5.0-cm-period elliptical polarization undulator (EPU5)

Energy range

See endstation tables

Monochromator

See endstation tables

Endstations

Wet spectroscopy
High-pressure photoemission spectroscopy
Scanning transmission x-ray microscope (STXM)

Local contacts Name: Hendrik Bluhm
Phone: (510) 495-2796
Fax: (510) 486-5596
Email: hbluhm@lbl.gov

Name: Tolek Tyliszczak
Phone: (510) 486-5188
Fax: (510) 495-2067
Email: tolek@lbl.gov
Name: Mary K. Gilles
Phone: (510) 495-2775
Fax: (510) 495-2067
Email: mkgilles@lbl.gov
Spokesperson Name: David Shuh
Affiliation: Chemical Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab
Phone: (510) 486-6937
Fax: (510) 486-5596
Email: dkshuh@lbl.gov

Endstation

Wet spectroscopy

Energy range

95-2000 eV

Monochromator

Variable-included-angle PGM

Calculated flux (1.9 GeV, 400 mA)

1012 -1013 photons/s

Resolving power (E/ΔE)

2500-7500

Spot size at sample (FWHM)

6 x 11 µm

Sample environment

UHV, wet environments

Scientific applications

Wet molecular environmental science

Experimental techniques

XPS, NEXAFS, x-ray emission spectroscopy

Local contact/spokesperson

Name: David Shuh
Affiliation: Chemical Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab
Phone: (510) 486-6937
Fax: (510) 486-5596
Email: dkshuh@lbl.gov

Endstation

High-pressure photoemission spectroscopy

Energy range

95-2000 eV

Monochromator

Variable-included-angle PGM

 

Calculated flux (1.9 GeV, 400 mA)

1012-1013 photons/s

 

Resolving power (E/ΔE)

2500-7500

Spot size at sample (FWHM)

6 x 11 µm

Sample environment

UHV, high pressure to 10 Torr

Scientific applications

Wet molecular environmental science, catalysis

Experimental techniques

XPS, NEXAFS

Local contact

Name: Hendrik Bluhm
Phone: (510) 495-2796
Fax: (510 486-5596
Email: hbluhm@lbl.gov

Spokesperson

Name: David Shuh
Affiliation: Chemical Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab
Phone: (510) 486-6937
Fax: (510) 486-5596
Email: dkshuh@lbl.gov

Endstation

Scanning transmission x-ray microscope (STXM)

Energy range

130-2000 eV

Monochromator

Variable-included-angle PGM

 

Calculated flux (1.9 GeV, 400 mA)

~109 photons/s

 

Resolving power (E/ΔE)

2500-7000

Characteristics

Used to make x-ray images and NEXAFS spectra of thin samples in transmission. Chemical mapping at 30-nm resolution. Polarization studies.

Spatial resolution

Scanning microscope with focusing by means of Fresnel zone plates; resolution determined by spot size, which is 30 or 40 nm with current zone plates. Single features of smaller dimension can be analyzed.

Detectors

Photon-counting detector behind the sample records the intensity of the transmitted radiation, generating an image pixel by pixel during the rastering. Fast avalanche photodiode to provide time-resolved measurements in multibunch mode.

Spot size at sample

30 or 40 nm with current zone plates

Samples

 

Format

Thin sections, films, and particulates (50–1000 nm thick); 3 x 3 mm in area

Preparation

No preparation chamber available

Sample environment

Helium up to 1 atm, vacuum to 10-2 Torr, inert gas up to 1 atm

Special notes

Samples may be wet or dry; thin films may be deposited on silicon nitride windows or TEM grid. External magnetic field can be applied—up to 600 G.

Scientific applications

Molecular environmental science STXM, materials sciences, life sciences, magnetic materials

Experimental techniques

Imaging, NEXAFS in small spots; chemical mapping at 30-nm resolution

Local contact

Name: Tolek Tyliczszak
Phone: (510) 486-5188
Fax: (510) 495-2067
Email: tolek@lbl.gov

Spokesperson

Name: David Shuh
Affiliation: Chemical Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab
Phone: (510) 486-6937
Fax: (510) 486-5596
Email: dkshuh@lbl.gov

 

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