Beamline 8-ID-E: GIXS, GISAXS, GIWAXS, and XPCS

Description

8-ID-E is dedicated to the study of ordering and kinetics at surfaces and interfaces via the technique of grazing incidence x-ray-scattering (GIXS) in both small-angle (GISAXS) and wide-angle (GIWAXS) regimes. 8-ID-E also hosts programs to measure equilibrium dynamics via XPCS at large wave vector transfers and at liquid surfaces.    The GIXS set-up is optimized for high resolution in reciprocal space and provides a variety of time-resolved experiment capabilities such as temperature, solvent annealing and UV curing. X-rays are most often detected using a high speed version of the Pilatus 1M.

Supported Techniques

• Grazing incidence small-angle scattering
• X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy
• Intensity fluctuation spectroscopy
• Grazing incidence diffraction

Beamline Controls and Data Acquisition

VME-based EPICS control system. SPEC (and medm) for experiment control and scripting. Matlab-based data reduction tools.

Detectors

• Pilatus 1MF
• PI LCX-1300 direct detection CCD

Additional Equipment

• Solvent annealing cells
• Variable temperature cells
• Vacuum environments

Local Contacts

Beamline Specs

For additional information see:
http://www.aps.anl.gov/Sectors/Sector8/