Grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering from Ge nanodots self-organized on Si(001) examined with soft X-rays

Grazing-incidence small-angle scattering patterns of Ge nanodots self-organized on Si(001) with soft X-rays showed a strongly anisotropic scattering profile, although the patterns with hard X-rays are symmetric. This apparent difference is explained in terms of the curvature of the Ewald sphere and anisotropic structure factors.

RISING beamline (BL28XU) for rechargeable battery analysis

The BL28XU beamline, dedicated to rechargeable battery analysis, is described.

New soft X-ray beamline BL07LSU at SPring-8

The design and performance of a new soft X-ray beamline BL07LSU at SPring-8 are described. The combination of a novel segmented cross undulator and beamline monochromator has achieved high energy resolution (E/ΔE > 10000) and high photon flux [>10¹² photons s⁻¹ (0.01% bandwidth)⁻¹] in the photon energy range 250–2000 eV with fully controllable polarization.