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BL-10C : Small Angle X-ray Scattering

Overview

Beamline group Subcommittee 5 (Small Angle X-ray Scattering)
Techniques
  • Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS)
  • Small-angle/Wide-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS/WAXS)
  • Grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS)
  • Grazing-incidence small-angle /Wide-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS/WAXS)
Features
  • Multipurpose SAXS beamline
  • Max. camera length : 3.0 m
  • Max. SAXS resolution : ~ 180 nm
  • (Time-resolved) SAXS/WAXS simultaneous measurement
Area of research
  • Biophysics/Structure Biology
  • Soft matter science (polymer, fiber, lipid, liquid crystal, food, etc.)
  • Organic/Inorganic chemistry
Contacts
  • Manager : Nobutaka SHIMIZU nobutaka.shimizu(at)kek.jp
  • Sub : Hideaki TAKAGI takagih(at)post.kek.jp
  • Sub : Noriyuki IGARASHI noriyuki.igarashi(at)kek.jp
    • Please change (at) to @ in the e-mail address.
Special notes

Performance

Source
  • 2.5GeV PF Bending magnet (B10)
Optics
  • Monochtomator (Fix-exit double crystal Si(111), Indirect water cooling)
  • 2 dimensional focusing mirror (Bent cylinder, Rhodium coated Si substrate, 3.5 mrad glancing angle)
  • Focal point : On the SAXS detector surface

Configuration of BL-10C
Energy range
  • 7.0 - 14.0 keV (0.89 - 1.77 Å)
Resolution (ΔE/E)
  • ~ 10-4
Beam size
  • 0.18 (V) mm x 0.63 (H) mm @focal point
Photon flux
  • 1.1 x 1011 photons/s (Size-definition slit full open, 1.5 Å)
  • 3.8 x 1010 photons/s (Size-definition slit：1.4 x 1.6 mm2, 1.5 Å）
Instruments
  • Camera length：0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 2.5 m（SAXS）
  • Camera length：0.83, 1.1, 1.6, 2.6 m (When using WAXS chamber)
  • PD embedded beam stopper/GISAXS beam stopper
  • Delay pulse generator
  • Chiller for sample temperature adjustment (5 - 70 °C)
  • Incubator (3 - 45 °C)
  • Block incubator (4 – 100 &Cring;、1.5ml, 0.5 ml tube)
  • Microcentrifuge (1.5, 0.5 ml, -20 – 40 °C)
  • Perista pump
  • Sample solution flow system for mitigating the effect of radiation damage.
  • Rotary Sample Changer (36 samples)
  • HPLC system for SEC-SAXS
  • Microspectrophotometer (~ 2 μL)

【Common instruments：BL-6A、BL-10C、BL-15A2】
  • General GISAXS stage
  • Heating/Cooling stage：10002L（Linkam scientific、-190 - 600 °C）, HSC302-LN190（Instec、-190 - 400 °C）
  • One-dimensional tensile tester (ISUT-2207、IS GIKEN)
  • DSC stage（AA1712-1303、Rigaku）
Detector
  • SAXS : PILATUS3 2M（DECTRIS AG）
  • WAXS : PILATUS3 200K（DECTRIS AG）
Remote / Mail-in
  • Remote experiment using some instruments is available (Please consult with beamline contact person).
Special notes
  • A flat card detector (C9728DK-10, Hamamatsu Photonics) is also available as a WAXS detector.

More information

References

  1. Shimizu, N., Mori, T., Nagatani, Y., Ohta, H., Saijo, S., Takagi, H., Takahashi, M., Yatabe, K., Kosuge, T. and Igarashi, N., BL-10C, the small-angle x-ray scattering beamline at the photon factory. AIP Conf. Proc., 2054, 060041 (2019), doi:10.1063/1.5084672

Publications

KEK-PF Publication Database (Publications of BL-10C)

Last updated: 2021-9-15

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