Sapucaia – LNLS

The SAPUCAIA Group is responsible for the management and operation of the SAPUCAIA beamline of the synchrotron light source Sirius, at the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS).

The SAPUCAIA beamline will be dedicated to studies of morphology and supramolecular organization of different types of materials using the Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS). The application of this technique ranges from biological studies, such as the structure of proteins and interactions of drugs with tissues, to applications in catalysis and processes of formation of nanoparticles or mesoporous materials. Due to the high flux of the beamline and camera’s low background, time-resolved studies in all areas of research are also planned.

Sapucaia Beamline

SAPUCAIA (Scattering APparatUs for Complex Applications and In-situ Assays) is a beamline dedicated to Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) and X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy (XPCS). While SAXS enables the investigation of structural and morphological properties, such as the shape, size, and spatial organization of objects at the nano- and sub-micrometer scales, XPCS provides access to their dynamics on timescales starting from milliseconds. These techniques have applications across a wide range of fields, including physics, chemistry, biology, materials science, and engineering.

Sapucaia Beamline

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