HF-SAXS 2.0
Upgrade of the Austrian SAXS beamline for ELETTRA 2.0
Participants
Project Coordinator: Graz University of Technology
Project Partners: Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium, Elettra – Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.
Contact point: projects@ceric-eric.eu
Project Summary
Due to the ELETTRA 2.0 upgrade in 2025, the Austrian SAXS beamline will be relocated to the free exit port 10.2R of the superconducting wiggler in 2024. The reinstallation and refurbishment of the new “high flux beamline” is the central part of this proposal.
The new beamline with a fixed energy of 11.4 keV will have smaller spot-sizes, 10 times higher flux density and 3 times higher flux compared to the existing Austrian SAXS beamline. At the same time the SAXS resolution will be improved by a factor of 3. In combination with the highly flexible “high brilliance beamline” – a second planned SAXS beamline – the high flux beamline will be operated in a more standardized and high throughput mode increasing the number of accepted proposals. The science will be focused around life science and energy materials in transmission and grazing incidence mode, but also open to other projects with radiation sensitive samples.
Total budget for the implementation of the action: EUR 1.680.000
Timeline
Start Date: 1 April 2025
End Date: 1 April 2027