Skip to main content
CeXS logo
KTH logo
LiU logo
Uppsla University logo

Assessing sample environments

When planning to access the PETRA III facility, you should consider whether you need a sample environment to conduct your experiments – and, if so, make a plan to get access to that sample environment

Some of the sample 40 or so sample environments available at PETRA III or via collaborating with research groups that have developed customised sample environments

Suitability criteria

Before preparing your beam time application, it is important that you consider:

  • The suitability of the sample environment for your research experiment
  • Whether a particular sample environment can actually be used at the specific beamline of interest
  • How to prepare suitable samples for use in the sample environment when at the beamline
  • That the particular sample environment is available for your use

A starting point to find a suitable sample environment

A practical starting point is this CeXS Technical Report (pdf 1.4 MB) . This report describes the fifteen sample environments that have proven to be of use in research at the Swedish Materials Science beamline. For each of these sample environments, there is an example of how the sample environment is used in research, an illustration/photograph, links to fuller descriptions/specifications as well as the research owner/loan pool responsible.

Further options

If you need a sample environment that has not yet been used at the Swedish Materials Science beamline, there are around 40 sample environments available at various loan pools, in the following categories:

  • Thermal treatment (23); Electrochemistry (11); Catalysis (5); Mechanical testing (4)
  • Levitation (3); Magnetic properties (1); Machining (1) and Optical properties (1)

Some useful links are:

  • The loan pool at Swedish Materials Science beamline's P21.1 branch at this DESY site
  • The Swedish Materials Science beamline's P21.2 branch staff at this DESY site
  • The "Sample Environment and Extreme Conditions Science Infrastructure (ECSI)" loan pool. See this DESY site
  • The loan pool "DESY Nanolab" at this DESY site . DESY Nanolab may also be able to assist with preparing samples

Alternatively, contact a research group in your field that regularly uses PETRA III and they can advice.

Note

If you need to use a particilar sample environment from one of the loan pools, you should select that sample environment in the door system  when preparing your beam time proposal.