Before Beamtime
Large-scale research infrastructures are very expensive (both construction and operational cost) and access to experimental beamtime is highly limited. It is therefore very important that you are well organized and well prepared in order to utilize the limited time in the most efficient way. Below are a few important steps to consider.
Pre-characterisations
Before performing the beamtime, and in many cases also before writing the beamtime proposal, it is of outmost importance that you have carefully characterised the sample(s) you aim to study. Hence, using in-house laboratories at KTH to acquire all possible information about your sample(s) is a very important first step. Such pre-characterisation data will definitely both strongly support your beamtime proposal as well as allow you to take maximum advantage of your limited beamtime.
KTH infrastructures
At KTH we have a very good set of local infrastructures that are perfectly suited for this purpose. Here we will try to give you at least a brief overview of what is available. We will focus on the larger infrastructures that contains a set of in-house characterisation tools and equipment.
2MILab: 2milab.cbh.kth.se/about
Albanova Nanolab (ANL): albanova-nanolab.org
Odqvist Laboratory: www.kth.se/sci/centra/centra/odqvist
ARTEMI: artemi.se/
Detailed planning/organisation
It is also important to be very well organized and have a clear plan for the beamtime. This includes both the actual experiment as well as all the ”simple” practical details around the actual visit and stay at the facility.