Empyrean
Versatile X-ray scattering platform
• USAXS
• SAXS / WAXS
• Bio-SAXS
• Total scattering (PDF)
... and more
Nano edition
High-performance SAXS / WAXSThe Empyrean Nano edition is a hybrid laboratory instrument that enables for a unique combination of various advanced X-ray scattering techniques on a single platform. Small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering are the main applications.
SAXS / WAXS features: • Compact and easy to use• Evacuated beam path• Temperature control• High sensitivity• Short measurement times• 1D and 2D collimation• High resolution detectors• Cost-effective
2D SAXS colloidal crystal
2D WAXS silver behenate
2D WAXS PP fiber
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colloidal gold nanorods
2θ = 0.08 - 78°
q = 0.006 - 5.14 Å-1
... and much more
Add complementary scattering techniques
The Empyrean Nano edition is the only SAXS instrument that comes with a high-resolution goniometer and the possibility to easily exchange different hardware modules, ensuring maximum flexibility.
USAXS option - based on high-resolution optics
PDF (total scattering) option - using Ag or Mo radiation
Even more options, such as powder diffraction, thin film analysis and CT are available - also as later upgrades.
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2θmin = 0.0050°
qmin = 0.00036 Å-1
2θmax = 160°
Qmax = 22 Å-1
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High-resolution hybrid pixel area detectors
The performance of the Empyrean Nano edition is largely driven by PANalytical’s detector technologies. GaliPIX3D allows you to achieve best quality PDF data with ultimate speed.
PIXcel3D with Si sensor55 µm resolution
GaliPIX3D with CdTe sensor60 µm resolution
High spatial resolution
Very low noise
High linearity
High detection efficiency
Light and compact
Maintenance-free
Summary
Like no other instrument on the market, the Empyrean Nano edition offers the unique combination of USAXS, 1D and 2D SAXS / WAXS and total scattering (PDF) techniques.
With an accessible scattering vector q-range of almost five decades it allows to probe Bragg spacings from sub-Angstrom to almost two microns. This makes the Empyrean Nano edition an ideal tool for analyzing structures and dimensions of (nano-)materials on multiple length scales.Typical samples that can be analyzed include nanoparticles, colloids, polymers, protein solutions, surfactants, liquid crystals, nanocomposites, and porous materials.