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Researchers from Linköping University and MAX IV have determined the detailed surface atomic arrangement of inherently formed termination species in an important class of two-dimensional materials known as MXene. The results have implications for the use of the material in energy storage and production applications. MXenes are a novel class of two-dimensional materials offering properties
2019 was a landmark year for MAX IV Laboratory. Continuing the long-standing tradition of delivering innovative technical instruments and capabilities for x-ray science to the research community since MAX-lab was inaugurated in 1987, MAX IV broke new ground by opening five new beamlines to users, and bringing three more into the commissioning phase for
In a joint project across three universities and MAX IV laboratory, researchers have developed a revolutionary experimental setup for atomic layer deposition. The new instrument was designed specifically for MAX IV and will allow for observations previously impossible. SPECIES, one of the soft X-ray beamlines in MAX IV 1.5 GeV storage ring, has added to
Nanoparticles used as a well-ordered model system for the complex industrial catalyst. Using a model system it is possible to achieve atomic resolution of the catalysts. Credit: Sara Blomberg The future of efficient biofuel production is within reach. With measurements from MAX IV’s SPECIES beamline, a group from Lund University and RISE, Research Institutes
Image: participants at the MAX IV User Meeting gathered for the opening plenary session at the Scandic Star hotel in Lund. LUND—MAX IV hosted the 31st User Meeting at the Scandic Star hotel from 23-25 September. The theme this year was Developing MAX IV: with the users, for the users. Over 300 scientists, researchers,
The APXPS-2019 workshop is hosted by the MAX IV laboratory and brings together scientists from different fields including catalysis, electrochemistry, and environmental science in Lund, Sweden, to focus on the latest developments in the application of Ambient Pressure XPS. The workshop features plenary and invited speakers by experts in various fields, contributed oral presentations, and sponsored
The Species beamline, a soft x-ray beamline on the 1.5 GeV ring, received first light 1 April 2019 and since then the team have been busy commissioning and characterizing the performance of the beamline. In short, theory and reality align very well and the first APXPS experiment with synchrotron radiation at SPECIES has been demonstrated.
MAX IV continues to make excellent progress delivering new beamlines with exciting new scientific capabilities to the research community. The latest beamline to join the stable, SPECIES, following MAXPEEM, began commissioning on April 1st – yes, for real! – in preparation for future user operations. The green-highlighted names of beamlines at right in the figure
Photo: Evgeniy Redekop from University of Oslo and Niclas Johansson, Samuli Urpelainen, Esko Kokkonen from MAX IV Many of our everyday materials originate from industrial processes that involve chemical reactions. Most of these reactions would be very slow or require a lot of energy if it wasn’t for catalysts. A catalyst is a substance that when
Sara Blomberg is a postdoc at Department of Chemical Engineering, Lund University. Her research project “In situ activation study of NiMo catalyst tailored for biofuel production” focuses on characterisation of catalysts used in the hydrogenation processes of depolymerisation of lignin. What this translates to in layperson language is “trying to understanding how a catalyst cuts