By Center for Functional Nanomaterials Brookhaven
The CFN is a partner user on the Complex Materials Scattering (CMS) beamline at Brookhaven's new, world-class synchrotron: the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II). The CMS beamline is dedicated to structural studies of complex materials, including nanomaterials, soft matter, and biomolecular assemblies. The CMS beamline provides robust x-ray scattering capabilities across a wide q-range (simultaneous SAXS/WAXS) and at hard energies (10 keV to 17 keV); enabling both transmission-mode and reflection-mode (GISAXS and GIXD) measurements of molecular-scale and nano-scale order. The instrument is ideally-suited to in-situ and operando studies of hybrid and hierarchical materials. CMS also offers a selection of advanced capabilities to streamline the exploration of large/complex materials parameter spaces, including a sample-exchange robot for high-throughput studies (large number of premade samples), and machine-learning software for autonomous (machine-guided) realtime experimentation.
