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A Novel Experimental Approach for Nanostructure Analysis: Simultaneous Small Angle X-ray and Neutron Scattering (SAXS/SANS) (2003.12585v1)

Published 27 Mar 2020 in physics.ins-det, cond-mat.soft, and nucl-ex

Abstract: Exploiting small angle X-ray and neutron scattering (SAXS/SANS) on the same sample volume at the same time provides complementary nanoscale structural information at two different contrast situations. Compared with an independent experimental approach, the truly combined SAXS/SANS experimental approach ensures the exactness of the probed samples particularly for in-situ studies. Here, we introduce an advanced portable SAXS system that is dimensionally suitable for installation at D22 zone of ILL. The SAXS apparatus is based on a RIGAKU copper/molybdenum switchable microfocus rotating anode X-ray generator and a DECTRIS detector with a changeable sample-to-detector distance of up to 1.6 m in a vacuum chamber. A science case has been presented to demonstrate the uniqueness of the newly established method at ILL. Temporal structural rearrangements of both, organic stabilizing agents and organically capped gold colloidal particles during gold nanoparticle growth are simultaneously probed, enabling immediate correlated structural information. The newly established nano-analytical method at ILL will open the way for real time investigations of a wide range of innovative nanomaterials and will enable comprehensive in-situ studies on biological systems. A potential development of a fully-automated SAXS/SANS system with a common control environment and additional sample environments, permitting a continual and efficient operation of the system at the hands of ILL users, has also been introduced.

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