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SXM services

Technique

Sample preparation

We offer comprehensive support for sample preparation through our dedicated support laboratories, equipped with fume hoods, a dry argon glove box, microtomes, and pellet presses. Our facilities are designed to ensure safe and efficient handling of your samples, to meet your experimental needs.

Data collection

Our data collection service comes with a range of options to ensure you get the most out of your experiment.  Our highly qualified and experienced team of scientists will help you to get started with your experiment and will be available for technical support during your experiment. They will help you to select the most appropriate approach to study your materials. You may wish our team to perform the experiment on your behalf or would prefer to perform the research yourself or with your own team; either way, we have a wide range of access options to suit your needs.

Contract research

Our Contract Research service includes data collection and data analysis. Essentially, you send us the sample(s), our highly qualified and experienced staff collect the data, perform the appropriate analysis (in discussion with you) and then send you a clear and accessible report explaining the results.

There's no need for you to fully understand how a synchrotron works, or even the finer details of the technique, we'll take care of that. If you would like to come to Diamond and see the experiment taking place, you are welcome to do so. If you'd prefer to wait for the report, that's great too.

Flexible access

We offer a wide range of access options to suit your needs.

Self-service

self-service

How it works

This option allows you to access the beamline in person and lead the data collection. Technical support is available on request.

self-service

Perfect for

  • This option is ideal for experienced users who are confident in leading XAS measurements and familiar with beamline operations. It is particularly well-suited for complex experiments, such as time-resolved or in situ studies—where expert handling of the experimental setup is essential.
  • Users benefit from the flexibility to adjust experimental conditions dynamically in response to real-time results, enabling more adaptive and insightful investigations.

self-service

Benefits

  • The ability to adjust experimental conditions in real time
  • provides a more comprehensive and dynamic view of the experiment as it unfolds.

Mail in

Mail-inv2

How it works

With this service, you send us the sample(s) and our highly qualified and experienced staff can collect the data for you, exactly as you would do the measurements yourself. We then send you the data in an appropriate format along with a clear and accessible report giving all of the experimental details, allowing you to analyse it fully.

Mail-inv2

Perfect for

  • Performing routine measurements or exploring approaches you haven’t used before
  • You simply need an experienced pair of hands
  • If you do not have the time to conduct the experiment yourself.

Mail-inv2

Benefits

  • Quick and easy
  • Rest assured you are in the safe hands of experienced scientists
  • Can be built into your routine pipeline.

Remote

Remote

How it works

This mode allows you to collect data yourself by accessing the beamline via an interactive remote connection.

Remote

Perfect for

This route is best suited for routine experiments on more challenging samples based on their heterogeneity and sample sensitivity. You can decide on the different positions of samples to be measured and number of locations and repetitions.

Remote

Benefits

  • It is possible to access the beamline from practically anywhere without the need for travel 
  • Provides the flexibility to involve multiple team members in the experiment
     

Related techniques

X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS)
X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (XRF)
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)
Infrared (IR) Spectroscopy
Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy (ARPES)

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