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MAX IV Laboratory is a Swedish national laboratory providing scientists with the most brilliant X-rays for research with Lund University as the host university. The facility is funded primarily by Swedish and international research funders, consortia, and 14 Swedish research universities. MAX IV delivers high-quality X-ray light for research in materials and life sciences. The facility was inaugurated 21 June 2016.


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High-resolution imaging opens doors for low-power information storage

Electronics built from ferroelectric materials have low power consumption and are well-suited for information storage. Their competitiveness depends on developing novel architectures on the nanoscale. A research team from Lund University and ETH Zurich in Switzerland has used the NanoMAX beamline at MAX IV to image through metal contacts on the ferroelectric material bismuth ferrite to see how they affect the material beneath them.

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