Important ESAF reminders: 

1. ESAFs must be submitted at least 3 weeks in advance of the start of an experiment. Late submissions (< 15 days) will be subject to automatic rejection and site access denial.
2. ESAFs that contain experimenters that do not have access approval will not be approved.  
3. At the completion of the programming changes currently underway, users without an approved access status will be prohibited from being added to an ESAF. 
4. ESAFs containing on-site users must be submitted 14-days in advance of experiment. 
5. ESAFs containing mail-in or remote users (without on-site users) must be submitted 7-days in advance of experiment. 

In the “Description” Tab, briefly describe your experiment (no science details needed) and include the following statement(s) if relevant to your experiment:

          "After loading samples in the chamber, we will perform an in-vacuum annealing at (specify your temperature here - max T = 800C)."

If you are planning to come a day early to prepare and load samples, please change the starting date accordingly.

Describe any change to the current beamline set-up your experiment might require (e.g. vacuum suitcase) . If you are not bringing equipment and you are not requesting any change to the beamline set-up, please indicate: 

          "Regular scattering/ARPES/XMCD experiment setup. No hazardous activities besides XXX."

List all the materials you are potentially bringing, whether they are listed in the proposal or not (e.g. back-up samples).
Make sure to review all the questions below the material information table, and check “Yes” in the appropriate boxes.

If you will be mounting your samples at the beamline, reply "yes" to the question:

          "Will you require to use ​​beamline laboratory facilities to prepare samples or perform other work"

This will enable the "Lab Use" tab.

The following equipment are currently available at the beamline and should be checked if required for your experiment:

• Cryogenics: The samples will be measured a the following temperatures: K
• Heater: hot plate for curing (max temp 200C) and/or ARPES in-vacuum annealing (max temp 800C)

Any other equipment you are bringing, such as vacuum suitcases, must be listed appropriately and might require safety inspection by an certified APS technician. 

Please include the following statement (to be modified as needed):

          "We will use the Sector 29 laminar flow room ("clean room") to prepare samples. Samples will be handled with gloves and tweezers. In addition, this work may involve UHV cleaning with incidental quantities of ethanol and acetone. Sample will be mounted to the sample holders using carbon tape, silver epoxy, silver paste or Torr Seal; the Sector 29 hot plate may be used for curing (max temp 200C). Alternatively, samples will be secured to the sample plate by spot-welding Ta clips."

There are no chemical fume hood or glove box available at the beamline. If you need one to prepare your sample, please contact beamline staff at least 3 weeks ahead of your experiment so we can arrange with another sector.