Macromolecular Crystallography (MX) is an essential technique to determine the structure of biological molecules like proteins and nucleic acids to high resolution. 4th generation sources such as MAX IV, coupled with the use of advanced beamline instrumentation and fast readout detectors make it possible to study macromolecular crystals both by the conventional rotation method and
Below are some of the questions we have receive concerning SCS.
Describing different access modes for SCS
Highlights from starting SCS till now. MAX IV User meeting 2026 Staff at SCS attended the user meeting with a poster and engaged with potential new customers. Update on SINCRYS The front-end for SINCRYS is expected to be installed in Summer 2026 and the diffractometer will be installed in March 2026. Getting SINCRYS built will
The Scandinavian Crystallography Service (SCS) is a single crystal X-ray diffraction service for chemical crystallography and materials science. Single crystal X-ray diffraction is the preferred technique to solve the atomic structure of a crystalline material. Today, it is a routine technique in many research laboratories, however, the limited flux, spectral purity and focusing ability of
First Light is expected in 2026! Single crystal X-ray diffraction is the preferred technique to solve the atomic structure of a crystalline material. It is now a routine technique in many research laboratories, however, the limited flux, spectral purity and focusing ability of a lab-source severely limits the size and quality of the crystals that
The multimodal in-situ XAS-XRD endstation is used for in-situ / in-operando investigations with a total time resolution of currently about 20s. Exemplary data is shown here: In-situ data from the formation of metal halide perovskite thin-films (in-FORM project)
SPECIES is an undulator based soft X-ray beamline, located at the 1.5 GeV storage ring. The offered experimental techniques are Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (APXPS), X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS), X-ray Emission Spectroscopy (XES) and Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering (RIXS). The beamline has two branches that use a common elliptically polarizing undulator (EPU61) and a
Both Solid-Gas and Solid-Liquid endstations are available for users HIPPIE is a state-of-the-art beamline for Ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (APXPS). The combination of the exceptional performance of the 3 GeV ring with an innovative design of the experimental station results in a beamline that is not just outstanding in a pure electron spectroscopy context
Overview The Balder beamline is dedicated to X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) in medium and hard X-ray energy range, 2.4-40 keV (at present 4-40 keV). The high brilliance from the 3 GeV storage ring in combination with the beamline design will allow for time-resolved measurements down to sub-second time resolution to