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Beamline 7.3.3 is a SAXS/WAXS/GISAXS/GIWAXS beamline, covering a wide q range (0.004 - 3 Å−1) and length scale (2 - 1500 angstrom). 
We are part of the "Scattering" Program under "Photon Science/Operations" group at ALS. 
- The scattering program consists of hard x-ray scattering (7.3.3), resonant soft x-ray scattering (11.0.1.2),  COSMIC XPCS scattering branch (7.0.1), and tender x-ray scattering (5.3.1) which is under development. please find more details here

Techniques: 
SAXS/WAXS (powder, or liquid/solution samples)
GISAXS/GIWAXS (for thin films sitting on substrates)

General info:
X-ray energy 10 Kev (fixed)
Wavelength 0.124 nm
Energy band width ΔE/E =1%
Beam size ~ 300um (H) x 700 um (W)
    (thin film size for GISAXS/GIWAXS ~ 1.5 cm x 0.5 cm)
Detector: Pilatus 2M (172um pixel size, file format EDF for single or GB for tiled, 1475x1679 pixels), Pilatus 1M, Pilatus 300K
 

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Sample environments:
DSC hot stage for transmission (Linkam)
Hot stage for grazing incidence (room T to 200 degC)
Tensile stage (Linkam)
Hot stage  (Instec Inc., room T - 200deg C) 
Helium environments for GIWAXS
Hot stage for powder-in-capillary samples 
Magnetic stage for capillary samples (<1 Tesla)
Slot die printer 
Solvent annealing chamber for GISAXS (organic solvent vapor)
Humidity chamber (water vapor)
Chiller [-28, 200 degc] (Julabo F25-ME)

if you need other custom in-situ setups, please feel free to contact us.

Additional info:
Robotic GISAXS/GIWAXS measurement is under development. 

Data Acquisition
LabVIEW Interface/Windows

Data Analysis
Igor Pro NIKA package (on Mac) (https://usaxs.xray.aps.anl.gov/software/nika)

New users, please contact Chenhui Zhu, or Eric Schaible for details. 

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Mailing address for sample packages: 
[note: if you plan to send chemicals/solvents to ALS, please let us know in advance]

Chenhui Zhu
Advanced Light Source
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
1 Cyclotron Rd., M/S 15R0217,  Berkeley, CA 94720
Tel: 510-486-4395 (o)