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The SAXS Revolution: Hecus S3-MICRO - a compact laboratory system for X-ray nanoanalytics
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S3-MICRO is a breakthrough development of the well-established Hecus System3 family of X-ray cameras. The point-focussing X-ray optics incorporated to S3-MICRO achieve a dramatically enhanced resolution and precision in small- and wide-angle X-ray (SWAXS) measurements as compared to conventional instruments. The technical novelty lies in the high-brilliance x-ray beam delivery system GeniX by Xenocs (Grenoble) and its integration with the high-definition camera and detection modules developed by Hecus. The instrument is extremely compact, yet it provides an optical precision so far achievable only at large installations, such as rotating-anode beam-lines. S3-MICRO is powered by an X-ray microsource that operates at a maximum of 50 Watt electrical power, as compared to the several Kilowatts needed for customary X-ray generators (or Megawatts at synchrotrons), most of which had to be cooled away at high costs, also to the environment. Thus the enhanced optical quality is achieved by a technology that at the same time reduces the energy consumption one-hundred-fold. In addition, the small size and power consumption make it easy to incorporate S3-MICRO into mobile, battery-powered test stations. Another major advantage for the user of S3-MICRO lies in the fact that the results are free of optical distortions and readily available for quality assessment. So far, with the widely used line-focussing optics X-ray optics, mathematical corrections were necessary which have often deterred potential users. This decisively enhances the potential for precise validation, laboratory automatisation and applications in real-time, on-line process control.
Hecus XRS announces the launch of S3-MICRO, a high-definition, compact X-ray camera system for nanostructure analytics in key technology areas, such as biomedicine, pharmaceutics, food & drug, new materials, and consumer safety.
Professor Laggner, CEO of Hecus XRS states: “ This is a critical milestone along the way to turn technology into solutions. It will turn the specialist pioneer’s age of X-ray small-angle scattering (SAXS) – started in Graz half a century ago with the famous Kratky camera - into a period where practitioners and engineers use the method routinely, rather than scientists discussing the methodological intricacies.”
About Hecus X-Ray Systems GmbH
Hecus XRS is a leading developer and supplier of X-ray analytical tools for research and industry. The customer base includes a world-wide range of industries, public and academic research institutions in all fields, where nanostructure analytics are critical for product quality.
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