Rigaku SmartLab X-Ray Diffractometer

Location: 2501 North University Building
Contact: Jerry Li

• X-ray generator
  • 2.2 kW Cu K-alpha radiation long-fine focus tube
  • (Mo K-alpha tube optional)
  • Cross-Beam-Optics (CBO) incident mono
• Goniometer
  • Goniometer radius : 330 mm
  • Vetical scanning mode : θs/θd coupled or θs, θd independent
  • Theta/Theta wide angle goniometer: from -3° to +154° [2-theta]
  • Minimum step size : 0.0001°
  • Bragg-Brentano (parafocusing) and parallel beam geometries
  • 4-axis sample stage for automated sample alignment
  • Reflection or transmission measurements
• Detector
  • Scintillation counter 0D detector
• Accessories
  • Wide range of sample holders
  • Motorized optics alignment
  • Motorized slits
  • SmartLab Guidance
  • PDXL2 software: display, pattern overlay, search/match, Rietveld analysis, and many other features
• Sample types:
  • Powder
  • Epitaxial thin films
  • Polycristalline stand-alone thin films (< 20 micron thickness)
  • Regular-shaped single crystal
  • Maximum wafer size: 6″
• Measurements
  • Rocking curves and omega/2theta measurement of epitaxial films
  • Crystal orientation/offcut
  • Stress/strain measurement of single crystal thin film
  • Powder diffraction
  • Grazing-incidence (giXRD)
  • X-ray reflectivity (XRR, density and film thickness/roughness determination)
  • Profile measurement in reflection / transmission mode
  • Small angle X-ray scattering measurement as low as 0.1 °
  • Pair Distribution Function (PDF) analysis with Mo X-ray tube
  • In-plane (Pole Figure/Reciprocal Space Mapping) measurements NOT available at this moment

Please visit the Applications page to learn more about how you can use the XRD in your research.

This page is still under construction – we appreciate your patience.