EnviroCells¶
The sample environments and their infrastructures are mostly dedicated to individual beamlines at the APS. An overview of solutions for various in situ and operando applications is given here and will be continuously expanded _ [reference:01].
Content¶
About¶
Meetings - Every 4th Thursday of the month in Building 401/Room A1100, sample environments and their infrastructures are discussed addressing specific topics. Contributions in the form of 1-10 slides are welcome. The slides will be added to the collection.
Mailing List - Subscribe to the mailing list to receive the latest information, find competent contacts, and participate in discussions. If you want to send an email, the address is: sei-forum@lists.anl.gov
FAQ - Frequently asked questions will be collected for fast access to potential solution
For general information or suggestions, please contact Uta Ruett.
You can also get in touch with Ivan Kuzmenko and Phil Ryan.
Environment Cell¶
Furnace¶
| Type | Temp. Range | Atmosphere | Image | Commercial | Contact | Loan | Info | |
| Blower | up to 1000 °C | Helium | No | Peter Eng | No | Simple to build | 1 | |
| Blower | up to 650 °C | Air |  |
Yes: Leister LE MINI | Wenqian Xu | Ask | box link 0002 | 2 |
| Flow Cell | up to 1000 °C | Yes |  |
No | Kevin Beyer | Yes, if not in use | box link 0003 | 3 |
| Flow Cell | up to 1000 °C | Yes |  |
No: made of commerical parts | Leighanne Gallington | Yes, if not in use | box link 0004 | 4 |
| Batch | ~ 450 °C | Air |  |
No: NMR tubes as capillaries in a steel block | Leighanne Gallington | Yes, if not in use | box link 0005 | 5 |
| Flow Cell | up to 1150 °C | Yes | No: capillaries connected to gas system | Matt Frith | Yes, if not in use | Flow cell with spinner | 6 | |
| Infrared | up to 1100 °C | Air |  |
No: general purpose, bulk solid material | Jun Sang Park | bulky, difficult to move | box link 0007 | 7 |
| Linkham TS1500 | up to 1300 °C | Yes |  |
Yes: small solid material | John Okasinski | Yes, if not in use | box link 0008 | 8 |
| Induction | up to 1500 °C | Air |  |
No: very fast heater, conductive material | Andrew Chuang | Hard to move | box link 0009 | 9 |
| Induction | up to 1000 °C | Air |  |
No: water cooled | Pavel Shevchenko | Ask | box link 0010 | 10 |
| Induction | up to 1500 °C | Air |  |
Yes: THM 200 heater, BK power supply, PTC 10 controller, 3 AWG welding wires, plus custom water cooler | Alex Deriy | Ask | box link 0011 | 11 |
Press¶
| Type | Temp. Range | Pressure | Image | Commercial | Contact | Loan | Info | |
| VX-3 Paris-Edinburgh | up to 2000 °C | 0.1-7 GPa |  |
Yes | Ross Hrubiak | No | box link p0001 | 1 |
Liquid¶
| Type | Discharge (ml/min) | Image | Notes | Contact | Loan | Info | |
| Peristaltic | 0.45 |  |
commercial Model RP Q1 | Ivan Kuzmenko | No | box link l0001 | 1 |
| Peristaltic | 100 |  |
commercial PRODUCT ID 1150 | Ivan Kuzmenko | No | box link l0002 | 2 |
| Custom | see info |  |
see info | Cunming Liu | No | box link l0003 | 3 |
| Flow cell | see info |  |
room temperature | Xiaobing Zuo | No | box link l0004 | 4 |
| Flow cell | see info |  |
4-80 °C | Xiaobing Zuo | No | box link l0005 | 5 |
| Syringe pump | see info |  |
commercial Hamilton microlab 600 | Xiaobing Zuo | No | box link l0006 | 6 |
| Syringe pump | see info |  |
commercial Multi valve Tricontinent | Xiaobing Zuo | No | box link l0007 | 7 |
| Custom | see info |  |
auto sampler (see info) | Xiaobing Zuo | No | box link l0008 | 8 |
Cryostat¶
Interfaces¶
| Type | Temp. Range | Atmosphere | Image | Commercial | Comment | Contact | Loan | Info | |
| MBE | 30K to 1600K | UHV |  |
No | permanent setup in 33-ID | Hawoong Hong | No | box link 0001 | 1 |
| Humidity Chamber | 15 to 50 °C | Air+ RH 10-95% |  |
Yes: ETS model 5503 | Chris Benmore | No | box link 0002 | 2 | |
| Fluid-Solid Cell | up to 350 °C | No |  |
No | high pressure up to 40 MPa | Changyong Park | Maybe, please ask | box link 0003 | 3 |
Infrastructure¶
Contribute¶
If you are familiar with sphinx readthedocs and github you can add a new environment cell or infractructure Envirocells by starting a new pull request.
If you are not familiar with these tools send an email to sei-forum@lists.anl.gov including a description using this template and a pull request will be opened for you.
References¶
| [B1] | Happy J and Unhappy J. The best furnace on earth. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 121(16):1224–1230, 2025. |
Contribute¶
- Documentation: https://github.com/decarlof/envirocells/tree/master/
- Issue Tracker: https://github.com/decarlof/envirocells/issues