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Description

With a large solid angle of extraction, AILES will be one of the most performing IR beamlines in the world: Infrared flux and brilliance will be optimized thanks to the combination of edge radiation and large permanent magnet’s radiation collected.

The energy domain of excellence ranges from 3 to 3000 cm-1 (3 mm to 3 μm), with a maximal resolution of 0.0007 cm-1. Moreover, the complete spectral range from the visible to the Far Infrared domain can be selected without modification of synchrotron parameters.

Scientific program is dedicated to moderated molecular interactions providing large and varied scientific communities from physics, chemistry and biology. The main themes are:

Study of micro-confined liquids (intra and intermolecular modes),
Ro-vibrational study of atmospheric and interstellar species,
Study of the low frequency modes of molecules of biological interest,
Study of molecular dynamic in reactive environments (energy transfer between reagents and solvents),
Study of materials transmission and reflectivity under well controlled physical parameters (temperature, pressure, magnetic field… ).

Technical data

Energy range		Between 0.4 to 400 meV (3 to 3000 cm^-1)
Energy Resolution (DE/E)		Interferometer 1: 0.06 meV (0.5 cm^-1) Interferometer 2 HR : 10-4 meV (0.0007 cm^-1)
Source		Bending Magnet Radiation 18x50 mrad² (VxH) Edge Radiation18x25 mrad²
Flux in the XAS hutch		5.10e13 Phot/s/0.1%bw @ 100 cm^-1 1.10e13 Phot/s/0.1%bw @ 10 cm^-1
Optics		8 mirrors between the extraction and the interferometers. 2 interferometers : medium resolution for condensed matter studies and high resolution for gas phase experiments.
Sample Environment		Thermostated liquid cells Multiple pass gas cell (up to 100 m path)

Scientific Opportunities

Material science		non-conventional, crystalline solids, superconductors at high critical temperature (HTCS), cuprates, spinelles, organic superconductors of low dimensionality and the molecular solids microconfined liquids and solutions
Physic		Optical studies of compounds under various physical conditions (pressure, density, temperature, magnetic field) Study of the interfaces : metal/semiconductor and oxides/metal.
Biology, Biomaterials		Structural and electronic characterisation of catalysts in order to understand/predict their catalytic activity/selectivity
Earth and environmental sciences		molecular spectroscopy at high resolution, spectra measured during gas phase chemical reaction, molecules and radicals of interest atmospheric and astronomic studies
Catalysis		Structural and chemical characterisation of catalysts (DeNOx catalysis, Fischer-Tropsch, hydrogenation of hydrocarbons ...).

Beamline Status : Operationnal first trimester 2007

Contacts

Pascale Roy (Principal beamline scientist)	Tel: +33(0)1-64 46 82 89 Fax : +33-(0)1-69 35 96 27	pascale.roy@synchrotron-soleil.fr
Jean-Blaise Brubach (Post-doc)	Tel: +33(0)1-69 35 96 83	jean-blaise.brubach@synchrotron-soleil.fr
Mathieu Rouzières (Engineer assistant)	Tel: +33(0)1-69 35 96 34	mathieu.rouzieres@synchrotron-soleil.fr
Didier Balcon (Engineer CNRS)	Tel: +33(0)1-69 35 96 66	didier.balcon@synchrotron-soleil.fr
Synchrotron SOLEIL L'orme des Merisiers Saint-Aubin - BP48 91192 GIF-sur-YVETTE CEDEX	Tel: +33(0)1-69 35 96 21 Fax : +33-(0)1-69 35 94 56