MicroMAX – New Opportunities in Macromolecular Crystallography

MicroMAX at the first 4th generation storage ring [1] at MAX IV Laboratory is a new beamline providing the macromolecular crystallography field with a new powerful tool.The main applications are serial crystallography, time-resolved science, and microcrystallography.The X-ray beam at the sample, provided by a 156-period in-vacuum undulator, will have 10 13 photons/second in monochromatic mode (5-25 keV energy range) and up to 10 15 photons/second using a wider energy bandpass mode (10-13 keV energy range).The beam focusing will use compound refractive lenses with final focusing by either lenses or mirrors to give a focused beam down to 1 micrometer but flexible and easily tailored to the experimental needs.