Alex (Loch group), Dipankar, Helen and Fin took a trip down to Diamond light source (Oxon) for some SAXS. They performed in situ irradiation of light responsive polymer networks – see the picture below for the setup.
It wasn’t just about the SAXS though! The group manage to get some day time luna gazing in, otherwise known as an eclipse. Life hack – always pack tin foil and paper for your travels…..you are very welcome.
Managed to get out of the lab for some sport inspired team building. The Draper group also joined us in the action. Team red were victorious in the end, as you can probably tell from Helen and Fin’s happy faces. Here’s to many more sports days!
First place – Red team: Fin and Helen
Second place – Yellow team: Ellen, Remi and Octavia
Third place – Blue team: Lineta, Tejaswini and Hunter
Fourth place – Green team: Olivia, Rui and Daniel
PhD student of the match goes to Tejaswini for the longest unintentional penalty time during the sack race.
Dipankar and Fin took a trip to the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) in Grenoble, France recently.
Despite the blazing heat seen across mainland Europe, the lads pulled through and got to work on measuring some RheoSANS data for machine learning models.
Well done team! Now get yourselves back to Scotland and cool off.
Fin has put together a fantastic SAXS beamtime and sample preparation guide. If you are new to SAXS and need some insider knowhow, please go and check it out! Click on the link below and enjoy: Everything SAXS – Dave Adams Lab
Putting a name to a face – here is a picture of Fin at ESRF in Grenoble, France.
Tejaswini, Hunter and Connor (Draper group) joined Fin on his beamtime to the I22 beamline at diamond light source. They had a great time investigating nanostructural changes while heating and cooling N-capped monopeptide gelation systems. Massive thanks to Dr Andy Smith (I22 beamline scientist) for being helpful as always!
Dave Adams Lab 