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Sample Preparation and Transfer Protocol for In-Vacuum Long-Wavelength Crystallography on Beamline I23 at Diamond Light Source
Published on: April 23, 2021
Ultrahigh-vacuum facility for high-resolution grazing-angle X-ray diffraction at a vertical wiggler source of
O Sakata1, Y Tanaka, A M Nikolaenko
1Materials and Structure Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midori, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan.
Abstract:
A versatile ultrahigh-vacuum chamber has been designed for grazing-angle X-ray standing-wave and diffraction experiments at the vertical wiggler source of the Photon Factory. Unlike at other sources, the vertically polarized X-rays from the wiggler favour the use of a horizontal scattering geometry. The X-ray chamber is equipped with a hemispherical beryllium window, which allows any scattering angle to be attained and secondary emissions to be measured. The chamber is of a compact design, sitting on a precision rotary table which is rotated for scans. Samples are introduced from a portable vessel. The whole procedure can be performed in a vacuum better than 10(-7) Pa. The system has successfully been applied to a grazing-angle X-ray standing-wave experiment, which determined the dimer bond length and the domain structure of Si(001) surfaces deposited with monolayer arsenic.
