Below is an incomplete list of sample environments (S.E.), please add to it S. E. available at facilities or independently developed S.E..
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Table of Solid-Liquid Flow Cell Sample Environments
| Facility |
Instruments |
S. E. |
Type of Sample |
Block Substrate |
Dimensions of block (min/max) |
Orientation on Beamline |
Mounting |
Internal Sample Volume |
Material |
Associated Equipment |
Webpages |
Literature |
| ISIS |
OFFSPEC /INTER /SURF /POLREF |
Standard Solid-Liquid Flow Cell |
Soft Matter i.e. lipids, proteins, polymers |
Silicon, Silicon-Chromium-Gold, Quartz |
5/10/15mm by 50mm by 80mm |
Horizontal |
Kinematic Mount |
3 ml |
Peek trough, Aluminium Base |
HPLC pump, Julabo, Water Bath, Syringe Pump, in-line QCM-D |
ISIS S.E. |
Recent Publications |
| PETRA III |
P08 - 6C diffractometer |
Solid-liquid cell |
soft matter thin films i.e. lipid, proteins, polymers |
silicon / quartz |
15mm x 9mm x up to 1mm |
horizontal |
kinematic |
1.2 ml |
PEEK / Kapton windows |
Julabo chiller - water circulation, manual syringe |
n/a |
XRR example |
| ILL |
Figaro/D17 |
Standard 8 by 5 Solid-Liquid Flow Cell |
Soft Matter i.e. lipids, proteins, polymers |
Silicon, Silicon-Titanium-Gold, Quartz |
15mm by 50mm/100mm/150mm by 80mm |
Horizontal/Vertical |
Kinematic Mount |
3 ml |
Peek trough, Aluminium Base |
HPLC pump, Julabo, Water Bath, Syringe Pump, in-line QCM-D |
|
Recent Publications |
| ILL |
Figaro/D17/SuperAdam |
Standard 5 by 5 Solid-Liquid Flow Cell |
Soft Matter i.e. lipids, proteins, polymers |
Silicon, Silicon-Titanium-Gold, Quartz |
10mm by 50mm by 50mm |
Horizontal/Vertical |
Kinematic Mount |
2 ml |
Peek trough, Aluminium Base |
HPLC pump, Julabo, Water Bath, Syringe Pump, in-line QCM-D |
|
Recent Publications |
Table of electrochemical environments
|Facility/Group|Beamlines used|Science Application|Design speciality of cell|WE material|WE area/cm2|RE material|CE material|publications|contact|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|ILL|D17, FIGARO|Batteries, polymers, electrolyte brushes|Solid-Liquid|Gold-coated surfaces|25-30|Ag wire|Gold-coated copper|publications|Sophie Ayscough|
|ILL|FIGARO|Electrolyte, lipid assembly|Liquid-Liquid|Pt-mesh|—|Ag wire|Pt-mesh|https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013468621006265|Sophie Ayscough|
|GEMS@MLZ|REFSANS|Ionic liquids, Deep Eutectic solvents, corrosion protection|Solid-Liquid|Doped Si or Coated Si|28cm2|Silver|Gold| DOI:10.1039/C9CP06779E https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b07233 |Jean Francois Moulin|
|ISIS Neutron and Muon Source|OFFSPEC|Lithium Battery Cell|–|Any coated film on wafer|Max 22cm2 illuminated|None|Li/Na/K|–|Jos Cooper|
|SNS@ORNL|Liqref,INTER|Batteries, electrocatalysis, electroseparation, redox based sensing|Solid-Liquid|Coated-Si|25by30cm2|Ag/AgCl|Pt coated Si, TiZr|doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.1c02833
|Hanyu Wang|
|Mark Rutland,KTH|Superadam, INTER,ANSTO, ORNL|Ionic liquids,Lubricants, Super Capacitors and battery fluids|to accomodate viscous ionic liquids|Gold|20|–|doped glass|DOI:10.1063/1.5001551
|Mark Rutland|
|Diamond Light Source|IO7|electrocatalysis|multipurpose 3-electrode cell|any|0.5cm2|Ag/AgCl, 3.5M KCl|glassy carbon/any|–|Francesco Carla|
|IBR-2/JINR|GRAINS|battery cell|solid-liquid|30cm2|Any coated film on Si block|Ag/AgCl/Li,Na|Li/Na|–|Ihor Hapon|
|OPAL|Platypus|electrocatalysis, high pressure, flow systems|solid-liquid, high pressure|metal EVD on SI|30 cm2|none|Pt-coated Al block|–|Beck Hodgetts|
Table of trough environments
| Facility |
Instruments |
S. E. |
Number of trough positions |
Dimensions of Trough |
Barrier Orientation |
Trough Volume |
Material |
Temperature Control? Range? |
Compression Ratio |
Trough Box details |
Associated Equipment |
Literature |
Webpages |
| ISIS |
INTER |
Static Liquid Troughs |
7 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
RT to 80 degrees celcius |
n/a |
- |
- |
ISIS S.E. |
- |
| ISIS |
CRISP/SURF |
Static Liquid Troughs |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
RT to 80 degrees celcius |
n/a |
- |
- |
ISIS S.E. |
- |
| ISIS |
INTER/OFFSPEC/CRISP/SURF |
NIMA LANGMUIR TROUGH |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
-50 to 200 degrees celcius |
- |
- |
- |
ISIS S.E. |
- |
| PETRA III |
P08 - Langmuir GID setup |
Kibron G4-P08 Langmuir trough |
1 |
155mm x 350mm, 600mm, 155mm, 60mm |
may be vertical… |
280mL, 480mL, 100mL or 25mL |
PTFE |
5 to 40degC |
4.5 or 8 |
integrated trough in the GID setup |
subphase exchange system |
setup paper |
P08 website |
Table of magnets
| Facility |
Instruments |
S. E. |
Max Pole Gap |
Min Pole Gap |
Max/Min Field |
Diameter of Pole Pieces |
Type of Pole |
Sample Size |
Field Uniformity |
Combined Sample Environments |
Remenant Field |
Weight |
polarisation neutron optimised |
Literature |
Webpages |
| ISIS |
POLREF |
restive electrode magnet |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Flat-faced |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |