Sample holders & handling
In addition to the standard stages delivered with each system,
Low noise flow cell
For liquid samples, especially useful for dilute or low scattering samples.
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| Description | Vacuum compatible low scattering flow cell with feedthroughs to inject the liquid sample. Compatible with multipurpose temperature stage. |
| Instrument | Nano-inXider, Xeuss |
Note: Above photograph shows the Xeuss version of the sample holder.
Capillary flow cell
For liquid samples.
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| Description | Vacuum compatible glass capillary flow cell with feedthroughs to inject the liquid sample. |
| Instrument | Nano-inXider, Xeuss |
Note: Above photograph shows the Xeuss version of the sample holder.
Autosampler for liquids
For automatic and high precision liquid sample injection in the flow cells (using tubing connections).
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| Description | Temperature controlled (4 to 40°C) sample changer with capacity of 2 x 48 or 2 x 96 vials. Can be used with the low noise flow cell and the capillary flow cell. |
| Instrument | Nano-inXider, Xeuss |
BioCube
Measurement cell for low sample volume solution scattering with machine vision assisted sample positioning.
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| Description | Optional UV-Vis. Compatible with SEC-SAXS and BioXolver pipetting robot. Temperature controlled. |
| Instrument | BioXolver, Xeuss |
Note: Above photograph shows the BioCube in use in the BioXolver instrument.
BioXolver pipetting robot
Robot for use with BioCube.
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| Description | 2x 96 (or 384) well trays with optional temperature control. Tubeless sample handling. No cross-contamination with disposable pipette tips. Full software integration. |
| Instrument | BioXolver, Xeuss |
Note: Above photograph shows the BioXolver pipetting robot in use in the BioXolver instrument.
Gel and powder capsule holder
For powders and gels, also suitable for liquids.
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| Description | Rack of 8 cells mounted on magnets for easy positioning. |
| Instrument | Xeuss, Nano-inXider |
Note: Above photograph shows the Nano-inXider version of the sample holder.
GISAXS sample holder
For studying nanostructured surfaces and thin films.
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| Description | Sample stage designed to measure in grazing incidence geometry, offering multiple degrees of freedom for optimal sample alignment. Compatible with high temperature stage. |
| Instrument | Nano-inXider, Xeuss |
Note: Above photograph shows the Xeuss version of the standard sample holder.
Any other need?
More sample holders are available.
Do not hesitate to contact us, we are thrilled to discuss with you any specific need you may have.
Sample environments
Xenocs provides a wide choice of sample environments to study samples under non-ambient conditions.
These are available from us only as accessories to our SAXS/WAXS instruments.
Temperature
Multipurpose temperature stage
For temperature control of interchangeable multi-sample holders.
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| Description | Peltier type temperature stage with water cooling to control the temperature of several samples simultaneously. |
| Range | -30 °C to 150 °C, limited to 4 °C to 50 °C for liquid samples. |
| Vacuum compatible | Yes |
| Compatible samples | Delivered with multi-sample holders for solids (16 positions), capillaries (9 positions), powders (16 positions). Compatible with low noise flow cell thermalization. |
| Instrument | Nano-inXider, Xeuss |
High temperature sample stage
For temperature dependent studies.
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| Description | Temperature stage. Liquid nitrogen required for cooling below ambient. |
| Range | Operating temperature range: -150 °C to 350 °C |
| Vacuum compatible | Yes |
| Compatible samples | Solids, powders, gels, liquids in capillaries. Compatible with GISAXS stages. |
| Instrument | Nano-inXider, Xeuss |
Extended high temperature stage
For temperature dependent studies on solids up to 1000°C.
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| Description | High temperature stage. |
| Range | Operating temperature range: ambient to 1000 °C. |
| Vacuum compatible | Yes |
| Compatible samples | Solids |
| Instrument | Nano-inXider, Xeuss |
Multi refillable capillary holder with temperature control
For sample measurements where precise background subtraction is required.
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| Description | Temperature controlled stage allowing to mount up to 6 refillable capillaries. Since the capillaries are refillable, background measurement can be performed using the same capillary as for the sample measurement. |
| Range | Operating temperature range: -10°C to 80°C, limited from 5°C to 70°C for aqueous samples. |
| Vacuum compatible | Yes |
| Compatible samples | Liquids, gels, powders |
| Instrument | Nano-inXider, Xeuss |
Tensile, Shear, Humidity
Tensile stage
For tensile stress and temperature dependent studies.
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| Description | Tensile stage. |
| Range | Temperature: -150 °C to +250 °C.
Force: 0 – 200 N with 0.01 N resolution or 0 – 20 N with 0.001 N resolution. |
| Vacuum compatible | Yes |
| Compatible samples | Foils |
| Instrument | Nano-inXider, Xeuss |
Xenocs Couette stage for shearSAXS
For structural studies of complex fluids under controlled shear.
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| Description | Integrated into the Xeuss 3.0 platform. Cylindrical Couette cell design with cylindrical rotor and stator made of low scattering polycarbonate material. |
| Range | Typical temperature range : +10°C to +65°C Typical shear rate : 0.2 s-1 to 1020 s-1 |
| Vacuum compatible | No |
| Compatible samples | Polymers, suspensions (colloids, emulsions, pastes), liquids and gels |
| Instrument | Xeuss 3.0 |
Plate-plate shear stage
For structural studies of viscous samples under controlled shear up to high temperatures.
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| Description | Integrated into the Xeuss platform. Provided with X-ray transparent windows for in-situ measurements of complex liquids under controlled shear (steady or oscillatory) and temperature. |
| Range | Temperature range ambient to 180°C (optionally -50 to 180°C on Cryo CSS450 delivered with liquid nitrogen). |
| Vacuum compatible | No |
| Compatible samples | Polymers, suspensions (colloids, emulsions, pastes) |
| Instrument | Xeuss |
Humidity stage
For SAXS measurements of samples under controlled temperature/humidity conditions.
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| Description | Integrated relative humidity stage system. |
| Range | Provides relative humidity control (in air only) in the range between 10 % and 90 % for temperatures from ambient to 60 °C. |
| Vacuum compatible | No |
| Compatible samples | Solids |
| Instrument | Xeuss |
