Murray Claire A, Potter Jonathan, Day Sarah J, Baker Annabelle R, Thompson Stephen P, Kelly Jon, Morris Christopher G, Yang Sihai, Tang Chiu C
Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus , Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, UK.
School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester , Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
J Appl Crystallogr. 2017 Feb 1;50(Pt 1):172-183. doi: 10.1107/S1600576716019750.
A new synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction instrument has been built and commissioned for long-duration experiments on beamline I11 at Diamond Light Source. The concept is unique, with design features to house multiple experiments running in parallel, in particular with specific stages for sample environments to study slow kinetic systems or processes. The instrument benefits from a high-brightness X-ray beam and a large area detector. Diffraction data from the commissioning work have shown that the objectives and criteria are met. Supported by two case studies, the results from months of measurements have demonstrated the viability of this large-scale instrument, which is the world's first dedicated facility for long-term studies (weeks to years) using synchrotron radiation.
一台新的同步加速器X射线粉末衍射仪已建成并在钻石光源的I11光束线上投入长期实验运行。该仪器概念独特，具有可并行开展多个实验的设计特点，特别是具备用于样品环境的特定阶段，以研究缓慢动力学系统或过程。该仪器受益于高亮度X射线束和大面积探测器。调试工作获得的衍射数据表明已达到目标和标准。在两个案例研究的支持下，数月测量结果证明了这台大型仪器的可行性，它是世界上首个用于使用同步辐射进行长期研究（数周至数年）的专用设施。
