We make the invisible visible
This week we are going to celebrate Felix Bloch, an inspiring scientist who lends his name to the ARPES beamline at MAX IV. Come back to this page each day this week for a new update on the man himself, the beamline, the science and the reason why we chose this week to talk about
The world is transitioning away from fossil fuels and hydrogen is poised to be the replacement. Two things are needed if we are to make the transition to a low carbon, “hydrogen economy” they are clean and high yielding sources of hydrogen, as well as efficient means of producing and storing energy using hydrogen. Hydrogen
Work published in the Royal Society of Chemistry with the support of the Helmholtz Association through the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science at DESY. MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Sweden, European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 and the Academy of Finland. Remember doing titrations in chemistry class? Adding acid drop-by-drop
Modern microelectronics relies on semiconductors and their metal electrodes. High-performance device functionality demands high transistor density within a single chip, which soon will reach the physical limits of bulk materials. Alternatives have been found in atomically thin materials, e.g. graphene and its semiconductive inorganic relatives. MoS2 (molybdenum disulphide) is the representative inorganic layered crystal with
It has been a week since the 30th MAX IV user meeting where over 250 attendees met to discuss and learn for three days in Lund. The impressions that we collected from the meeting are positive overall. There was a very good atmosphere, good backup from the users, lively discussion, and full rooms for the
24–26 September, MAX IV hosted over 250 attendees at the Scandic Star Hotel in Lund for our annual user meeting. Aptly titled, ”Coherent Visions”, the goal of the meeting was to present not only a strategic vision for the leadership of MAX IV but also to discuss the best ways to use the techniques available
The Board of MAX IV Laboratory has now presented a number of actions in connection with the Swedish Research Council’s review and recommendations regarding the MAX IV beamline programme. “We have a lot of work in front of us, but now we see a clear path for the work forward,” says MAX IV’s chairman, Marianne
A plan of action in response to the VR-report concerning the MAX IV project management has now been delivered by the MAX IV Board. – MAX IV thanks the Board for its constructive recommendations and strong support, says Interim Director Ian McNulty. The action plan is based on the three main problem areas identified in
The board at MAX IV on 4 September appointed Ian McNulty as Interim Director of the MAX IV Laboratory. Since March, McNulty has been physical science director of the laboratory and he succeeds Christoph Quitmann, who has been the director of the laboratory since 2012. “We have a lot of work ahead of us,” says
If you fly over MAX IV right now and look down, you’ll see a large circular building. The reason for this size and shape is the 528-meter-long 3GeV storage ring which precisely guides bunches of electrons traveling at velocities approaching the speed of light. As the electrons pass through arrays of magnets called insertion devices,