SAXS Facility at Kent Sate University

SAXS Facility Key capabilities:

• Cu and Mo sources
• Dedicated SAXS and WAXS detectors (Dectris Eiger2 detectors) – simultaneous SAXS-WAXS; fully motorized SAXS detector stage
• Bonse-Hart USAXS
• Grazing incidence (with and without temperature control)
• Beamstop-less acquisition
• Full suite of sample environments:
  • Solid, thin film, gel and capillary sample holders
  • Variable temperature stage (-150 °C to +350 °C) – thin films, gels, and capillaries
  • Tensile stage (-150 °C to +250 °C)
  • Shear stage (ambient to +350 °C)
  • Variable humidity stage (RH 5% to 95%; Temp: 5 °C to 85 °C)

• Polarized optical microscopy insert
• Full data analysis software package

Source: Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI) at Kent Sate University