Creative Commons Sample Holder Design
Herewith I’d like to present the results of some brainstorming on a sample holder design. This concept design is to be build soon, so if […]
Pushbutton machines – Inexpensive PILATUS
The last time I mentioned the benefits of the PILATUS detector system. Since then, I’ve had some brainstorming sessions, and there are a few issues […]
Article review – SAXS on mist.
From the proceedings of the 2006 conference on SAXS, held in Kyoto, comes this article entitled “Small-angle X-ray scattering investigation of water droplets in mist” […]
Pushbutton machines – Detector option
A fancy new detector is being developed by the Swiss Light Source. This Pilatus detector would be of special interest in pushbutton machines, for its […]
Pushbutton machines – user interfaces
Back on the topic of pushbutton machinery. The ideal pushbutton machine could provide, for the beginning user, a control system that would not “challenge” them […]
Impossible angles in the Porod relationship, an open question
The unbiquitous porod relationship, as published in many places, is often written as: lim I = K/s^4. Here, s is the scattering vector, described by […]
Untapped potential
I think this weblog style communication has a lot of untapped potential. I am seriously considering the following: – Opening a publicly accessible weblog on […]
Pushbutton machines – aligning pinholes
Many consumers (dare I say Bio-people here?) would love to have a pushbutton SAXS machine. At the moment, however, there are a few issues here […]
Opinion on a recent paper by Takeshi Morita
This paper, Morita et al., j. app. cryst., 40, 791–795, 2007 shows a short note on a system capable of measuring the absorption factor of […]