Large-Scale Research Facilities
Even though modern X-ray diffraction- and Small-angle X-ray scattering laboratory instruments are really powerful today, many experiments cannot be done in the lab. For instance if they need very good time resolution (Milliseconds to seconds) or micrometer or nanometer sized beams, synchrotron radiation is mandatory. Other experiments may need special contrast variation techniques only possible with neutrons or with anomalous X-ray scattering. This is why a large number of our experiments are currently done at large-scale research facilities, such as ELETTRA in Trieste, ESRF or ILL in Grenoble or Petra III in Hamburg.
Impressions
Elettra
Vacuum tube at ID02 (ESRF)
Experimental hall ESRF
Experimental setup for in-situ SAXS at ID02 (ESRF)
Experimental setup for in-situ SAXS at the Austro-SAXS beamline (ELETTRA)
BESSY II Experimental hall
XMCD SPEEM End Station and results of 2D magnetism in phyllosilicates.
Members of the institute perform typically 5-6 experiments at international large-scale research facilities every year. A large amount of the scientific output of the Institute is related to measurements done at these facilities.
For additional Information see:
Websites: European Synchrotron and FEL User Organisation, wayforlight
Brochures: Synchrotron Radiation Research in Austria, Think Big ÖAW
We also offer a hands-on practical training to Master- and PhD students embedded into the Materials Science Master Curriculum of the Montanuniversität (in cooperation with the TU Graz). This course takes place annually at the synchrotron radiation facility Elettra in Trieste and provides students an overview about the possibilities and advantages of synchrotron radiation.
We also organize a biannual school & symposium (NESY Winterschool) with introductory tutorials, contributed scientific talks, topical highlight lectures and a poster session. This event is now held since 1999 and gives graduate students and young scientists just starting to work in this field the opportunity to learn from experts, exchange experiences and present their work. For more information see: nesy.unileoben.ac.at
Recently Accepted Proposals
Beamline Facility | Title | Main Proposer | Collabo-ration | No of days (date) |
SAXS ELETTRA | In-situ SAXS investigation of the calcination process during synthesis of soft templated carbons with ordered cylindrical mesoporosity | Malina Seyffertitz | Univ. Salzburg | 4 (08.2021) |
SAXS ELETTRA | Continuation: In-situ SAXS investigation of the calcination process during synthesis of soft templated carbons with ordered cylindrical mesoporosity | Malina Seyffertitz | Univ. Salzburg | 4 (05.2022) |
P62 DESY | In-situ ASAXS investigation of a supercapacitor working electrode to investigate charging and discharging dynamics | Malina Seyffertitz | - | 5 (10.2022) |
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D16 ILL | Hydrogen storage mechanism in disordered nanoporous carbons | Oskar Paris | ILL | 4 (03.2021) |
D16 ILL | Hydrogen storage mechanism in disordered nanoporous carbons at high pressures | Sebastian Stock | ILL | 4 (09.2021) |
D16 ILL | Hydrogen storage mechanism in disordered nanoporous carbons by small- and wide-angle neutron scattering | Sebastian Stock | ILL | 4 (06.2023) |
D22 ILL | The specific role of water for ion electrosorption at charged interfaces | Malina Seyffertitz | - | 3 (09.2021) |
D22 ILL | Continuation: The specific role of water for ion electrosorption at charged interfaces | Malina Seyffertitz | - | 3 (03.2023) |
D33 ILL | Dispersoids in aluminium alloys | Oskar Paris | - | 1 (01.2021) |
IN16B ILL | Dynamics of molecular hydrogen in the strong spatial confinement of microporous carbons | Sebastian Stock | ILL | 4 (xx.2023) |
Panther ILL | Dynamics of molecular hydrogen in the strong spatial confinement of microporous carbons | Sebastian Stock | ILL | 3 (xx.2023) |
Beamline Facility | Title | Main Proposer | Collabo-ration | No of days (date) |
UE46 / UE49 | Probing layer-dependent magnetic ordering in iron-rich 2D phyllosilicates via X-ray magnetic circular dichroism techniques | Aleksandar Matkovic 2D_Mat_Lab | - | 7 |
UE 49_PGM | Probing layer-dependent magnetic ordering in iron-rich two-dimensional phyllosilicates via Xray magnetic circular dichroism photoemission electron microscopy | Aleksandar Matkovic | - | 7 |
HZDR | Iron /Cobalt-implantation in 2D non-magnetic phyllosilicates to tailor the magnetic properties. | Muhammad Zubair Khan 2D_Mat_Lab | - |
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