Welcome!
The Support Labs at MAX IV provide laboratory facilities, equipment and technical support for beamline experiments and in-house research.
Who it's for:
Visiting scientists and MAX IV staff actively performing experiments at MAX IV.
What we offer:
Biological and chemical laboratories, sample preparation facilities, specialized equipment and technical support.
Before you start:
Check the training, authorization and booking requirements for each facility and instrument. Consult the respective lab coordinators for available tools and guidelines.
Lab support hours:
Weekdays, 08:00–17:00. Training requests and assistance with equipment use are available during office hours.
Self-use outside office hours:
Permitted with prior training. This does not imply unrestricted access to every facility or instrument. Refer to the guidelines specific to each piece of equipment.
Out-of-hours assistance:
Contact the Floor Coordinator (FC):
+46 (0)46 222 16 61 / +46 73 597 3055
floor@maxiv.lu.se.
The Bio & Chem labs at MAX IV are the central laboratory facility for the support of synchrotron experiments that are carried out at various beamlines and also for in-house research. The labs complement the various beamline-attached sample preparation facilities as well as the sample environment lab and are being developed to offer extended instrumentation access and support.
The labs are available for users with functions of basic operation, including:
The following instruments are accessible in the biological lab without the need for prior reservation:
More advanced instrumentation is available upon booking.
Cryo-EM @ Lund University includes a dedicated sample preparation laboratory, located within the Hard X-ray Chemical Lab, equipped with a Thermo Fisher Vitrobot Mark IV for preparing cryo grids.
The Sample Preparation lab is intended for preparation of samples and holders used in beamline experiments.
The beamline workshop is intended for quick mechanical tasks at any time of day.
Among other tools, the workshop is equipped with a drilling machine and a bench sander which are available for booking.
Out-of-hours self-use requires prior training.
The Rapid Prototyping Lab has a pool of rapid prototyping equipment available to the MAX IV community.
There are several 3D printers, a benchtop Laser Cutter and a 4-axis CNC milling machine, with different technologies and materials.
Together they allow rapid prototyping and testing from an enormous variety of materials: simple plastic parts to 100% ceramic or conductive, carbon fibre reinforced materials, among others.
The Sample Environment Lab maintains a stock of material and equipment relevant for experiments at beamlines.
Plastic and metallic foils, wires, glass capillaries, furnaces, circulation coolers, detectors, and electronics.
MAX IV houses a small optics metrology facility with three specialised instruments that can measure the real, 3D surface of an x-ray optic.
The slope, radius, micro-roughness and surface structures can be found with a combination of white light interferometry, Fizeau interferometry and Atomic Force Microscopy.
The use of the instruments is not limited to x-ray optics; experiment samples, machined parts and much more have also been characterised.
