ID30A-3 - MASSIF3 - Fixed-energy microfocus MX beamline

MASSIF-3 is a fixed-energy (12.8 keV) beamline for macromolecular crystallography that offers a small (diameter: 15 µm FWHM) and intense (1e13 ph/s) X-ray beam.

The beamline started user operation in December 2014, and is currently equipped with an Eiger X 4M detector and a MD2M diffractometer and a SC3 sample changer for up to 50 SPINE standard samples.

Besides, MASSIF-3 regularly offers an online microphotospectrometer for UV/vis absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy. The HC1 humidity control device is available upon request.

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Beamline Energy Range

12.8 [eV]

Max Flux On Sample

1.3 * 10¹³ [ph/s] @ 12.8 [eV]

Spot Size On Sample Hor

15 [um]

Spot Size On Sample Vert

15 [um]

Photon Sources

U21.2

Type

Undulator

Monochromators

Si(111)

Other Optics

KB horizontally focusing mirror

Detectors

Eiger 4M

Pixel Size

X = 75 [um], Y = 72 [um]

Passive or Active (Electronics)

Active

Detection

Detected Particle

Electron

contacts

David Flot

Techniques

Diffraction

Crystallography (biological macromolecules)

control/Data analysis

Control Software Type

BLISS and MxCuBE

Data Output Type

HDF5 image files

Data Output Format

HDF5

Softwares For Data Analysis

standard crystallographic software (XDS, DIALS, CCP4)