Complex systems and biomedical sciences

Contacts

Deputy Group Head
Marco Cammarata
23-91

Beamlines

ID02 Time-Resolved Ultra Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering
ID09 Time-resolved diffraction
ID10 Soft interfaces and coherent scattering beamline
ID17 Biomedical beamline

Associated facilities

Partnership for Soft Condensed Matter (PSCM)
Biomedical Facility (pre-clinical trials ranging from cells to small animals)
Electrochemistry Laboratory

Contacts

		Oleg Konovalov Group Leader +33 (0)4 76 88 27 31
		Marco Cammarata Group Deputy +33 (0)4 76 88 23 91

Snapshots for the beamlines

Synopsis

The scientific portfolios of the beamlines in the Complex Systems and Biomedical Sciences Group include the broad field of soft matter and related areas in biology and nanosciences. The introduction to the group's chapter in the annual ESRF Highlights gives an overview of some recent accomplishments.

Soft matter studies address a large variety of questions concerning the microstructure, dynamics, self-assembly, structural kinetics and rheology of complex and nanostructured materials (polymers, colloids, surfactants, liquid crystals, proteins, etc.) in bulk, at interfaces as well as in confined geometry. Soft matter activities involve in situ investigations of material processing, site-selective chemistry and tailoring of supermolecular complexes, structural dynamics of molecular assemblies, structure and dynamics in thin films and membranes, diffraction from fibres, small unit cell systems and biological entities with hierarchical structures.

Techniques

Time-resolved small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS/WAXS) - ID02
Ultra-small-angle X-ray scattering (USAXS) - ID02
Pump-probe time-resolved X-ray diffraction and scattering - ID09
X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy (XPCS) - ID10
Coherent diffraction imaging (CDI) - ID10
grazing-incidence X-ray diffraction (GID) and small-angle scattering (GISAXS) - ID10
X-ray reflectometry (XRR) and grazing incidence fluorescence (GIXRF) - ID10

In-house research

In-house research runs in parallel to beamline operation, helping us to develop and refine techniques while investigating diverse scientific areas. Additional details are on our in-house research page.

Industrial applications

The ESRF’s mission includes interacting with and supporting European industry. Synchrotron X-rays permit analysis of industrial products under real conditions of manufacture and use, often in real time. Some examples of applications at this group's beamlines include:

Characterization of micro/nano structure and phase behavior of personal care products, detergents, food products, etc.
Elucidation of polymorphism in pharmaceutical materials.
Microstructure analysis of polymer and biopolymer fibers, films, etc.
Structural investigation of liquid-liquid and solid-liquid interfaces.
Hierarchical structural analysis of self-assembled functional materials.

The individuals listed above and the staff of the Business Development Office are available to help industrial researchers identify appropriate resources at the ESRF.

Collaborating Research Groups beamlines

From time to time, staff and users have connections with the following beamlines, which are operated by Collaborative Research Groups (CRGs):

BM02 D2AM - French CRG
BM26 Dutch Belgian beamline (DUBBLE)
BM32 CRG-IF beamline

partners

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility - 71, avenue des Martyrs, CS 40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.