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)