• Corpus ID: 90252333

Extending SAXS instrument ranges through addition of a portable, inexpensive USAXS module

@article{Pauw2019ExtendingSI,
  title={Extending SAXS instrument ranges through addition of a portable, inexpensive USAXS module},
  author={Brian R. Pauw and Andrew J. Smith and Tim Snow and Olga Shebanova and John P. Sutter and Jan Ilavsky and Daniel Hermida-Merino and Glen J. Smales and Nicholas J Terrill and Andreas F. Thunemann and Wim Bras},
  journal={arXiv: Instrumentation and Detectors},
  year={2019}
}

• B. Pauw, Andrew J. Smith, +8 authors W. Bras
• Published 29 March 2019
• Physics
• arXiv: Instrumentation and Detectors

Ultra-SAXS can enhance the capabilities of existing SAXS/WAXS beamlines and laboratory instruments. A compact Ultra-SAXS module has been developed, which extends the measurable $q$-range with $0.0015 \leq q\mathrm{(nm^{-1})} \leq 0.2$, allowing structural dimensions between $30 \leq D$(nm)$ \leq 4000$ to be probed in addition to the range covered by a high-end SAXS/WAXS instrument. By shifting the module components in and out on their respective motor stages, SAXS/WAXS measurements can be easily and rapidly interleaved with USAXS measurements.
In this paper, the design considerations, realization and synchrotron findings are presented. Measurements of silica spheres, an alumina membrane, and a porous carbon catalyst are provided as application examples.