IMR-MIP: Construction of a Beamline For Soft X-Ray Photoemission and Scattering

该奖项由材料研究仪器 - 中级仪器计划和数学与物理科学理事会多学科活动办公室颁发，支持来自伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校、伊利诺伊大学香槟分校和密歇根大学的合作团队建造一种新仪器。名为中能X射线协作开发团队（IEX-CDT）的仪器将位于先进光子源（APS），并将结合两种技术：角分辨光电子能谱和材料和图案器件的软X射线共振散射研究，光斑尺寸为几微米量级。将这两种技术结合在一个设施中将能够研究新材料，并且更广泛地连接基于同步加速器的 X 射线散射和光谱学领域。此外，能源部将通过 APS 预算提供 317 万美元的建设费用。 APS 还将提供工程专业知识、严格的安全监督和质量保证程序。 该仪器将成为通过 APS 同行评审的一般用户计划向一般用户开放的用户设施。该设施还可用于阿贡国家实验室中子和 X 射线散射学校的实践培训。此外，PI 还计划组织一次软 X 射线科学研讨会，在科学界传播在拟议仪器和其他国家的类似设施上获得的结果。该设施将由 APS 维护和运营。

This award from the Instrumentation for Materials Research - Midscal Instrumentation program and the Office of Multidisciplinary Activity in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate supports a collaborative team from University of Illinois Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, and the University of Michigan to construct a new instrument. The instrument called Intermediate Energy X-ray Collaborative Development Team (IEX-CDT) will be located at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) and will combine two techniques: angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy and soft x-ray resonant scattering studies of materials and patterned devices, with a spot size of order of few micrometer. Uniting these two techniques in a single facility will allow to investigate new materials and, more broadly, to bridge the realms of synchrotron-based x-ray scattering and spectroscopy. In addition, the Department of Energy, through the APS budget, will provide $ 3.17 M million towards the construction costs. The APS will also provide engineering expertise, strict safety oversight, and quality assurance procedures. The instrument will be a user facility available to the general users through the APS peer-reviewed general user program. The facility will also be available for hands on training within the Argonne's National Laboratory's School on Neutron and X-Ray Scattering. In addition the PIs, plan to organize a soft x-ray science workshop where results obtained at the proposed instrument and similar facilities in other nations, are disseminated through the scientific community. The facility will be maintained and operated by the APS.