Open AccessThe small‐angle and wide‐angle X‐ray scattering set‐up at beamline BL9 of DELTA
Author(s) -
Krywka Christina,
Sternemann Christian,
Paulus Michael,
Javid Nadeem,
Winter Roland,
AlSawalmih Ali,
Yi Sangbong,
Raabe Dierk,
Tolan Metin
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of synchrotron radiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 99
ISSN - 1600-5775
DOI - 10.1107/s0909049507009727
Subject(s) - beamline , scattering , optics , diffraction , synchrotron radiation , small angle scattering , materials science , texture (cosmology) , small angle x ray scattering , x ray crystallography , synchrotron , small angle neutron scattering , powder diffraction , biological small angle scattering , physics , crystallography , neutron scattering , chemistry , image (mathematics) , beam (structure) , computer science , artificial intelligence
The multi‐purpose experimental endstation of beamline BL9 at the Dortmund Electron Accelerator (DELTA) is dedicated to diffraction experiments in grazing‐incidence geometry, reflectivity and powder diffraction measurements. Moreover, fluorescence analysis and inelastic X‐ray scattering experiments can be performed. Recently, a new set‐up for small‐angle and wide‐angle X‐ray scattering utilizing detection by means of an image‐plate scanner was installed and is described in detail here. First small‐angle X‐ray scattering experiments on aqueous solutions of lysozyme with different cosolvents and of staphylococcal nuclease are discussed. The application of the set‐up for texture analysis is emphasized and a study of the crystallographic texture of natural bio‐nanocomposites, using lobster and crab cuticles as model materials, is presented.