[cid:image001.jpg@01D4E3C3.060F2250] [cid:image002.jpg@01D4E3C3.060F2250] [cid:image003.jpg@01D4E3C3.060F2250] Vi vil gerne markere ibrugtagningen af den nye end-station ved MATLINE ved ASTRID2 Tirsdag den 9. april kl 14.30 "on location", følg evt. skilte. Den nye materials-science end-station er hovedsageligt finansieret af en Carlsberg bevilling givet til Philip Hofmann, Zheshen Li, Liv Hornekær, Jeppe Lauritsen, Trolle Linderoth, Stefan Wendt og Jill Miwa. Nogle af Instituttets egne ressourcer er også sat i projektet, bl.a. har vore værksteder bidraget væsentligt. [cid:image004.jpg@01D4E3C3.060F2250] Da vi næsten kan sige "probably the best end-station in the world", hvad er da mere naturligt end at fejre dette ved at skåle i en Carlsberg øl/vand. Med venlig hilsen Zheshen Li og Søren Pape Møller MatLine is a material science beam line based on synchrotron radiation in the soft X-ray and ultra violet spectra range from ASTRID2. It uses surface science techniques, such as XPS (x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) and UPS ( ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy ), to measure the chemical state and electronic state of the elements at the surfaces of the materials. The combination of STM and synchrotron radiation-based XPS in the same system is a major competitive advantage of the beamline, available only at very few facilities around the world. Around a third of the users are from DK, a quarter from AU and the rest from elsewhere in the world. The new SPECS Phoibos 150 analyzer replaced a more than 20 years old spectrometer, resulting in an average count rates more than one order of magnitude higher than the old system. This has allowed a more efficient use of the ASTRID2 beam and opens up a wider range of experiments and samples. In addition, a new main chamber with pumping, bake-out and gas line system has also improved and created a more user-friendly end-station.