XMaS: The National Material Science Beamline Research Facility at the ESRF

XMaS：ESRF 的国家材料科学光束线研究设施

• 批准号: EP/Y031962/1
• 负责人: Thomas Hase
• 金额: $ 476.32万
• 依托单位: University of Warwick
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FY031962%2F1
• 关键词: XMaS; National; Material; Science; Beamline

Synchrotron radiation (SR) sources provide brilliant beams of light by accelerating electrons at high energies around a circular magnetic lattice. The resulting X-rays provide a uniquely powerful tool in the exploration of structure, composition and excitations in materials. XMaS is an integral part of the UK's synchrotron radiation (SR) infrastructure and has been supporting UK materials scientists since it began operations at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in 1997. Following the recently completed ESRF upgrade, XMaS has undergone extensive modifications to deliver a state-of-the-art facility fully exploiting the capabilities of the new machine. It delivers a much more brilliant X-ray beam with an operational energy range from 2.1 to 40 keV. The upgraded facility is more versatile, providing a combination of techniques from X-ray diffraction to small angle X-ray scattering as well as X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy. Due to the close engagement with users in co-developing and refining sample environments the scientific areas addressed on XMaS are broad and interdisciplinary. The science portfolio on XMaS continues to evolve, embracing a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines under the generic theme of materials science, cutting across research in physics, chemistry, biosciences, healthcare, engineering, and energy. XMaS provides access to tender X-ray spectroscopy (2-4 keV), which is very uncommon and in high demand, especially for application to materials such as batteries and catalysts as well as in heritage and environmental research. The new high energy capability (25-40 keV) opens up operando experiments as well as accessing technologically important X-ray absorption edges. The same sample volume is measured across an extensive energy range and within the same sample environment. This enables real time reactions to be followed on a site-by-site basis and help develop new materials to accelerate the delivery of NetZero 2050. Combined X-ray metrologies and simultaneous measurements of sample properties allow the function-structure relationship to be explored across a wide range of length and time scales. It is by building on these new capabilities, that XMaS is able to deliver the correlative characterisation that is needed to understand ever more complex and heterogeneous materials and devices under technologically relevant conditions.XMaS is an enabling tool, and is an essential part of the UK research infrastructure for material science ensuring that UK researchers have access to state-of-the-art instrumentation, expertise and techniques now and into the future. XMaS provides an essential layer of capacity and unique capabilities. In addition, by training students and early career researchers, XMaS provides highly skilled individuals to the wider materials research base. Partnerships with national research centres and international collaborators ensure the future competitiveness, resilience and creativity of the UK materials sector which relies on the development, characterisation, and exploitation of novel functional materials. The balance of science on XMaS will encompass both long-term discovery-led research as well as shorter term impact-focused research thereby providing an environment for transformative, challenge-led material science research.

同步加速器辐射（SR）来源通过在圆形磁性晶格周围高能以高能来加速电子，从而提供了光束光束。所得的X射线为材料中的结构，组成和激发探索提供了独特的功能。自1997年开始在欧洲同步加速器辐射设施（ESRF）开始运营以来，圣诞节是英国同步器辐射（SR）基础架构的组成部分，并且一直在支持英国材料科学家。在最近完成的ESRF升级后，Xmas进行了广泛的改进，以实现启动的机器，该机构的设施全面膨胀了。它提供了一个更加出色的X射线梁，其操作能量范围从2.1到40 KEV。升级的设施更具用途，从X射线衍射到小角度X射线散射以及X射线吸收和发射光谱法。由于与用户在共同开发和完善样本环境中的密切接触，因此在圣诞节上解决的科学领域是广泛而跨学科的。圣诞节的科学投资组合不断发展，在材料科学的通用主题下，采用了广泛的科学学科，跨越了物理，化学，生物科学，医疗保健，工程和能源的研究。圣诞节可访问嫩X射线光谱（2-4 KEV），这非常罕见且需求量很高，尤其是用于电池和催化剂以及遗产和环境研究等材料的应用。新的高能量能力（25-40 KEV）打开了Operando实验，并访问技术上重要的X射线吸收边缘。在广泛的能量范围内和相同的样品环境中测量相同的样品体积。这使得可以逐个站点遵循实时反应，并有助于开发新材料以加速Netzero 2050的交付。X射线计量学的组合和样品特性的同时测量可以使函数结构关系可以探索跨长度和时间尺度范围的范围。通过基于这些新功能，圣诞节能够提供相关的特征，以了解在技术相关的条件下越来越复杂和异质的材料和设备。XMAS是一种有利的工具，是英国研究基础的重要组成部分，用于材料科学的研究基础，以确保英国研究人员能够访问这项研究的工具，并且现在可以访问前所未有的工具，并且已经进入了艺术，并且现在是熟练的，并且已经进入了技术，并且已经进入了技术，并且可以访问该工具，并以技术和技术的范围来访问。圣诞节提供了能力和独特能力的基本层。此外，通过培训学生和早期职业研究人员，圣诞节为更广泛的材料研究基础提供了高技能的个人。与国家研究中心和国际合作者的合作伙伴关系确保了英国材料部门的未来竞争力，韧性和创造力，这依赖于新型功能材料的开发，表征和剥削。圣诞节上的科学平衡将涵盖长期发现领导的研究，以及更短期的以影响力影响为重点的研究，从而为变革性，挑战性的材料科学研究提供了一个环境。