The nano tomography instrument at beamline 32-ID of the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory offers a wide range of X-ray tomographic imaging techniques.

Specifications

Advanced Photon Source

  • Ring Energy: 7.0 GeV
  • Ring Current: 100 mA
  • APS runs in top-up mode

32-ID Source

  • Undulators: 3.3 and 1.8 mm period
  • Energy range: 7-40 keV
  • Beam size at sample: 1 mm x 2 mm (@ 50 m) unfocused
  • Flux at 10 keV with 16 mm gap for 3.3 mm period: ~5 x 10\(^{14}\) photons/s/0.1% BW through a 22 \(\mu\)rad x 22 \(\mu\)rad in axis pin-hole

Monochromator Type

  • Si (1,1,1)

Detection system

  • Scintillator materials include: CdWO\(_4\), LuAG, GGG, Yag:Ce
  • Lenses: 1x, 2x, 5x, 10x, 20x
  • Grasshopper3 9.1 MP GS3-U3-91S6M-C 9 fps full frame, 3376 x 2704 pixels
  • Grasshopper3 5.0 MP GS3-U3-51S5M-C 75 fps full frame, 2448 x 2048 pixels
  • Grasshopper3 2.3 MP GS3-U3-23S6M-C 163 fps full frame, 1920 x 1200 pixels
  • Pixel sizes of 5 to 60 nm

Techniques

  • nano tomography with better than 20 nm resolution
  • Various in-situ enviornment cells

Getting Beamtime

Proposals for beamtime are submitted through the APS User Office. More information on submitting proposals can be found on the APS User Office website.