Journal of Synchrotron Radiation (Mar 2024)

ForMAX – a beamline for multiscale and multimodal structural characterization of hierarchical materials

  • K. Nygård,
  • S. A. McDonald,
  • J. B. González,
  • V. Haghighat,
  • C. Appel,
  • E. Larsson,
  • R. Ghanbari,
  • M. Viljanen,
  • J. Silva,
  • S. Malki,
  • Y. Li,
  • V. Silva,
  • C. Weninger,
  • F. Engelmann,
  • T. Jeppsson,
  • G. Felcsuti,
  • T. Rosén,
  • K. Gordeyeva,
  • L. D. Söderberg,
  • H. Dierks,
  • Y. Zhang,
  • Z. Yao,
  • R. Yang,
  • E. M. Asimakopoulou,
  • J. K. Rogalinski,
  • J. Wallentin,
  • P. Villanueva-Perez,
  • R. Krüger,
  • T. Dreier,
  • M. Bech,
  • M. Liebi,
  • M. Bek,
  • R. Kádár,
  • A. E. Terry,
  • H. Tarawneh,
  • P. Ilinski,
  • J. Malmqvist,
  • Y. Cerenius

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600577524001048
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 31, no. 2
pp. 363 – 377

Abstract

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The ForMAX beamline at the MAX IV Laboratory provides multiscale and multimodal structural characterization of hierarchical materials in the nanometre to millimetre range by combining small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering with full-field microtomography. The modular design of the beamline is optimized for easy switching between different experimental modalities. The beamline has a special focus on the development of novel fibrous materials from forest resources, but it is also well suited for studies within, for example, food science and biomedical research.

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