ID10 EH2 Science Page

ID10A, ID10C has been renamed to ID10-EH2 since 2012

Experiments are carried out at ID10A in User Service Mode and as a part of the in-house scientific program. Most experiments belong to the category of solid state physics/chemistry where the structure and dynamics of soft- and hard condensed matter systems are investigated by X-ray scattering.

Investigations of dynamic properties can be carried out by applying a coherent X-ray beam. The resulting scattering image (speckle pattern) shows a graininess caused by interference between radiation scattered by different parts of the sample. The dynamics of the sample can be determined by XPCS (X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy) where the time-variation of the speckle pattern is quantified by measuring the time correlation function.

Below is a collection of links to recent examples of scientific highlights.

• Probing protein dynamics in concentrated protein solutions using X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy
• Self-transformation of solid CaCO3 microspheres into core-shell and hollow hierarchical structures
• Correlation between structural changes and atomic motion during physical ageing in metallic glasses
• Spontaneous glass-glass transition in soft matter
• Revealing the fast atomic motion of network glasses with coherent X-rays
• Atomic dynamics and physical aging in metallic glasses
• Biological Imaging by coherent hard X-ray diffraction microscop
• Finding order in disorder by X-ray speckle cross-correlation
• Following atomic diffusion by coherent X-rays
• Viscoelastic behavior of a supercooled liquid
• Holographic diffraction imaging with hard X-rays
• Thin liquid films in coherent X-ray light
• Slow dynamics and ageing in colloidal gels studied by XPCS
• Diffusion and Hydrodynamic interactions in charge-stabilized colloidal suspensions
• Dynamics of a lamellar phase studied by DLS and XPCS
• Micro-rheology of polymeric solutions by XPCS
• Studies of ordering kinetics in Cu-Pd alloys by XPCS
• Microradian diffraction in colloidal photonic crystals and liquid crystals
• Revealing dynamics in alloys by XPCS
• Dynamic properties of magnetic fluids
• Photon correlation spectroscopy with high-energy coherent X-rays
• Dynamic properties of liquid surfaces revealed by XPCS
• Structure and dynamics at the free surface of a liquid crystal
• Layering of nano-particles at the air/water interface
• Smectic membranes in motion
• Ordering Phenomena in Confined Fluids
• Capillary Waves in Slow Motion
• Dynamics of Charge-Stabilised Colloidal Silica Suspensions Probed by Correlation Spectroscopy with Coherent X-rays