Dictionary
APXPS
Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Used for analysing a material’s surface chemistry under realistic conditions. It can measure the elemental composition and the electronic and chemical state of a material’s atoms in an ambient pressure environment.
ARPES
Angle Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Used for studying the electronic structure of surfaces and materials and to map the dispersion of electronic bands near the Fermi level.
BioSAXS
Biological Small-Angle X-ray Scattering
Small Angle X-ray Scattering that, thanks to specific sample environments, is often used for obtaining information on the shape and size of biological macromolecules in solution.
Fragment Screening
Fragment Screening
Screening fragment libraries for specific binding to a biological target, such as probing the functional sites of target proteins or finding starting points for developing novel pharmaceutical substances.
MX
Macromolecular X-Ray Crystallography
Used for determining the atomic, three-dimensional structures of large biological molecules and understand the structure-function relationship.
Ptychography
X-ray Ptychography
Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy plus a 2D detector used to gain phase information of the scattered/diffracted beam from suitable samples, which allows for increased resolution on small scanning areas.
PXRD
Powder X-ray Diffraction
Powder X-ray Diffraction is used for determining the atomic structure and identifying phases of materials. Suitable for in-situ and in-operando experiments of e.g. chemical processes.
SAXS
Small-Angle X-ray Scattering
Suitable for investigating the structure of partially ordered materials and systems, and characterising structures at various length scales and fast measurement times.
STXM
Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy
Used for generating microscopic images of thin samples by raster-scanning them in an X-ray beam and measuring the flux of transmitted X-rays. The X-ray energy is scanned over an elemental absorption edge for chemical speciation.
Tomography
X-ray Tomography
A non-destructive technique used for constructing three-dimensional images from two-dimensional projections to characterise the internal structures of materials.
WAXS
Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering
Analogous to X-ray Powder Diffraction (XPD), it is used for investigating partially ordered materials and providing information about crystallization processes.
XANES
X-ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure
Used for obtaining chemical information about the bonding and oxidation state of individual atoms in deeper layers of samples.
XAS
X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
Used for obtaining information about chemical and structural properties of specific elements in materials such as liquids, gases, and solids.
XPEEM
X-ray Photoemission Electron Microscopy
An XPEEM (X-ray Photoemission Electron Microscope) can perform micro-XPS, micro-XAS, micro-ARPES, XMCD and XMLD measurements.
XPS
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Used for analysing a material’s surface chemistry. It can measure the elemental composition and the electronic and chemical state of a material’s atoms.
XRD
X-ray Powder Diffraction
Used for atomic structure determination of materials, e.g. pharmaceuticals, catalysts, battery materials, and proteins.
XRD Diffraction
X-ray Diffraction
Used for atomic structure determination of materials, e.g. pharmaceuticals, catalysts, battery materials, and proteins.
XRF
X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Used for studying the elemental composition of materials with spatial resolution.