Opportunities and New Developments for the Study of Surfaces and Interfaces in Soft Condensed Matter at the SIRIUS Beamline of Synchrotron SOLEIL

Overview

Journal J Synchrotron Radiat

Date 2023 Nov 7

PMID 37933848

Authors

Arnaud Hemmerle

Nicolas Aubert

Thierry Moreno

Patrick Kekicheff

Benoit Heinrich

Sylvie Spagnoli

Michel Goldmann

Gianluca Ciatto

Philippe Fontaine

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Abstract

The SIRIUS beamline of Synchrotron SOLEIL is dedicated to X-ray scattering and spectroscopy of surfaces and interfaces, covering the tender to mid-hard X-ray range (1.1-13 keV). The beamline has hosted a wide range of experiments in the field of soft interfaces and beyond, providing various grazing-incidence techniques such as diffraction and wide-angle scattering (GIXD/GIWAXS), small-angle scattering (GISAXS) and X-ray fluorescence in total reflection (TXRF). SIRIUS also offers specific sample environments tailored for in situ complementary experiments on solid and liquid surfaces. Recently, the beamline has added compound refractive lenses associated with a transfocator, allowing for the X-ray beam to be focused down to 10 µm × 10 µm while maintaining a reasonable flux on the sample. This new feature opens up new possibilities for faster GIXD measurements at the liquid-air interface and for measurements on samples with narrow geometries.

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