X-Ray Diffraction Beamlines
The Brazilian Synchrotron Light Source (LNLS) in Campinas, São Paulo, has three beamlines dedicated to x-ray diffraction: XRD1, XRD2 e XPD. X-ray diffraction techniques are specially useful to get structural information from crystalline materials.
A wide number of experiments can be made in our diffraction beamlines, taking profit of the high intensity of the synchrotron source, the high polarization degree, the possibility to choose the energy between 6 to 12 keV, and the diverse experimental setups availables.
The LNLS is open to users, and researchers from the whole world can come to make their experiments. To do this, the proposals can be submitted twice per year. All the proposals will be evaluated by an external committee, and those approved receive beamtime in the next semester.
XPD beamline is dedicated mainly to experiments with policrystalline samples, while in XRD1 and XRD2 the experiments include policrystalline and monocrystalline samples, thin films, multilayers, quantum wells and quantum dots, etc.
In this website we describe the general characteristics of the three diffraction beamlines, the experimental setups available to users, and other informations that can be useful to present and future users.
