XMaS @ the ESRF

Abstract

This paper describes the motivation for the design and construction of a beamline at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) for the use of UK material scientists. Although originally focused on the study of magnetic materials, the beamline has been running for 20 years and currently supports a very broad range of science as evidenced by the research topics highlighted in this article. We describe how the beamline will adapt to align with the ESRF's upgrade to a diffraction limited storage ring. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Fifty years of synchrotron science: achievements and opportunities’.

The self out-of-plane oriented La2O2CO3 film: an integration tool for fiber textured ferroelectric thin films

“…The La 2 O 2 CO 3 (130) measurements were done on the XMaS-BM28, the EPSRC-funded UK-CRG beamline at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (France). 24 A Dectris – Pilatus3 × 300k detector (487 × 619 pixels, pixel size 0.172 × 0.172 mm 2 ) was used to record scattering patterns of the (130) reflection in an azimuthal range of 168 degrees. At each step, an exposition time of 3 seconds was used to collect the data.…”