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P21.1 at PETRA III - a high-energy X-ray diffraction beamline for physics and chemistry
Martin V Zimmermann1, Oleh Ivashko1, Fernando Igoa Saldaña1
1Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany.
Abstract:
Beamline P21.1 at PETRA III uses high-energy photons for the investigation of materials structure by diffraction methods. The instrumentation is particularly suited for probing ordering phenomena on a local scale in chemistry and physics. A detailed description of the instrumentation and detectors for such experiments is given. The beamline supports a number of sample environments for investigations under in situ and operando conditions, e.g. cryostats, furnaces, chemical reactors. Recent examples of measurements on amorphous, single-crystalline and thin film samples are described.
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