Small Angle X-Ray Scattering (SAXS)

Technique to characterize the nanoscale microstructure of a wide range of materials such as nanoparticles, ferrofluids, polymers, and liquid crystals. Experiments can be carried out under different sample environments, such as temperature, magnetic field, or shear stress.
SAXS provides information on the particle size and shape, on the particle-size distribution, and on the interactions between the particles.
Used by several groups in the Physics and Materials Science Department and available to external partners.

Two-dimensional SAXS data of a silver behenate sample featuring several Debye-Scherrer diffraction rings.

SAXS data of a nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloy. From the peak position, we estimate an average particle separation of about 30 nm.