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image (from left): Balder Beamline Scientist Kajsa Sigfridsson Clauss and Researcher Martin Magnuson adjust settings on the beamline. BALDER beamline—in operation since September, has taken its first users to investigate MXenes, a class of nano-crystalline 2D-layered transition metal carbides, carbonitrides and nitrides. Researchers aim to learn more about their fascinating characteristics and how to
At October 31, 2019, the BioMAX team performed together with AstraZeneca the first 8-hour remote operation experiment. The researchers from AstraZeneca in Mölndal connected successfully to the BioMAX beamline remotely (left picture) and collected data from many samples during their 8-hour beamtime. Ana Gonzalez from the BioMAX team observed together with Helena Käck from AstraZeneca
For the first time, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have mapped how bacterial cells trigger their defence against outside attacks. This could affect how diseases are fought in the future. With the aid of highly advanced microscopes and synchrotron sources, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have gained critical insight into how bacteria function
Controlling the rate of processes of electronically excited states of organic molecules is key to obtain efficient and stable organic-electronic devices. The insights gained from the last century of research within the fields of energy and electron transfer has been conveyed into organic electronic devices recently. However, a key parameter which still not completely resolved in
Ionic liquids are basically molten salts. Furthermore, unlike many room temperature liquids, ionic liquids do not vaporize easily and are stable at high temperatures, along with other useful properties that make them unique and well suited for numerous applications. One of the most powerful applications of ionic liquids is in supercapacitors, which have very high
X-rays can penetrate materials and are therefore useful for studying chemical processes as they occur inside reactors, cells, and batteries. A common ingredient in such chemical systems is metal nanoparticles, which are often used as catalysts for important reactions. As the NanoMAX beamline provides a very small X-ray focal spot, single nanoparticles can in principle
From left to right: Robert Seidel, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin; Nønne Prisle, Kamal Raj and Jack Lin, University of Oulu at the HIPPIE beamline The ATMOS research group in the NANOMO unit, led by Nønne Prisle, Associate Professor at the University of Oulu, are trying to find out what kind of chemistry is happening in
Over the last decades, the astonishing properties of carbon nanomaterials have attracted scientific interest and efforts to improve their potential has been made. The unique electrical, optical and mechanical properties have encouraged the continuous research breakthroughs, hence accelerating the commercialisation process. To meet the specific requirements demanded by an application or expand their use to
Clean fresh water is a scarce resource. Areas of the world suffering from drought have to filter the salt out of seawater to make it drinkable. In other areas, the water may instead have a high content of toxic compounds, such as arsenic. If you think about a water filter as a kind of strainer
The samples at BioMAX beamline are very sensitive biomolecule crystals. It could, for example, be one of the many proteins you have in your body. They only last for a short time in the intense X-ray light before being damaged and needs to be placed exactly right before the researchers switch on the beam.