ForMAX beamline celebrates 1 year of advancing the research

Since the start, ForMAX has provided new capabilities for research on sustainable materials from renewable forest resources.  Some of the milestones that has been achieved are: The very first experiment at the beamline, made by researchers from KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Wallenberg Wood Science Center. The first industrial experiment:  a study on sustainable […]

Treesearch Insight 2023 Lund – world-class research infrastructure

The first day was dedicated to the equipment available at Lund University of Technology, specifically the Biomass Steam Pretreatment facility, the 4D Imaging Lab, and nCHERM – National Center for High-Resolution Electron Microscopy. After a joint introduction, all conference participants received a guided tour of the infrastructures with the opportunity to ask the researchers questions. In […]

First industrial experiments at ForMAX

The beamline ForMAX at MAX IV hosts its first industry experiment: a ground-breaking study on fibre-based sustainable food packaging performed by Tetra Pak and researchers at Chalmers University.

The beamline ForMAX is opening for experiments

Strålröret ForMAX, en ny experimentstation vid Max IV-laboratoriet i Lund

ForMAX is specially designed for advanced studies on materials from the forest and is an initiative of several major players who have joined forces. The research station consists of a beamline where synchrotron X-ray light will be used to study the materials at the nano level up to the millimeter level. The construction of the […]