ForMAX allows time-resolved multiscale and multimodal structural characterization from nm to mm length scales in a single instrument. Main techniques:
- full-field 3D microtomography/tomoscopy (μCT; up to 20 Hz),
- small- and wide-angle x-ray scattering (SWAXS; up to 100s Hz),
- 2D, 3D, or 4D scanning SWAXS imaging (temporal resolution down to about a minute in 2D),
- combined μCT and (scanning) SWAXS,
- 2D radioscopy (up to 100 kHz), and
- 3D x-ray multi projection imaging (XMPI; up to 10 kHz).
ForMAX is funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and Swedish industry via Treesearch – a national platform for research on new materials and speciality chemicals from forest raw material. The beamline is accessible for both Treesearch members (50%) and general users (50%) through the MAX IV user program.
Publication
ForMAX – a beamline for multiscale and multimodal structural characterization of hierarchical materials
J. Synchrotron Rad. 31, 363-377 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600577524001048
Introduction to ForMAX:
ForMAX – Seminar on the Technical Setup and Research Methods:
