By Dectris Ltd.
For fifteen years now, you have been using hybrid-pixel X-ray detectors to count X-rays that are scattered from various materials: protein solutions, nanomaterials, precipitates – you name it. Things have been great: the detectors’ noise-free performance, high sensitivity, vacuum compatibility, and reliability have contributed to data collection and correction protocols at synchrotrons and in laboratories. Overall, hybrid-pixel detectors have changed the way X-ray scattering experiments are done! But where do we go from here? Synchrotron beamlines are looking into scanning techniques such as SAXS-CT and ptychography, while laboratories are bringing SAXS, WAXS, and PDF closer to synchrotron standards. And what about hybrid-pixel detectors? Our portfolio is expanding; smaller pixels, a second energy threshold, continuous readout, and a higher frame rate are the features to keep an eye on.
