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Swiss Light Source - SLS
COVID-19: SLS is in full 24/7 user operation
The SLS is in full 24/7 user operation with safety measures against COVID-19 infections in place. Currently international business travel is still restricted and thus not all users can reach Switzerland. Please see below or on the user office pages further information entitled 'Important information for SLS and SwissFEL users'.
The Swiss Light Source (SLS) at the Paul Scherrer Institut is a third-generation synchrotron light source. With an energy of 2.4 GeV, it provides photon beams of high brightness for research in materials science, biology and chemistry.
SLS is part of the Photon Science Division. The facility has world-leading instruments at its beamlines for unraveling the structure of proteins, for in-depth 3D imaging of matter, and for investigating how the electrons of atoms and molecules keep matter together and render it properties such as magnetism and electron conduction at zero resistance (‘superconductivity’).
- The beamlines for protein structure determination are intensively used by pharmaceutical companies in Switzerland and abroad. SLS is also leading in the development of pixelated X-ray detectors. The company DECTRIS has been spun off from these activities.
- In something as complex as a human being structures and processes occur on all length scales from macroscopic down to atomic dimensions. The SLS host a variety of techniques to address problems on different length scales.
- Materials with new, functional properties are the scope of intense research, since they offer fascinating insights into fundamental interactions and hold promise for advanced technologies which is highly needed. The SLS host world-leading capability in advanced materials spectroscopy ranging from photoemission spectroscopy, over spectromicroscopy to different X-ray absorption, scattering and diffraction techniques.
- A further focus is to provide advanced micro- and nanofabrication technologies to academic and industrial users, in particular in the area of polymer nanotechnology.
Current operation status - reduced operation (5 days per week)
Latest Scientific Highlights and News
Ein elektronisches Material massschneidern
Forschende am PSI haben ein Material untersucht, das sich für zukünftige Anwendungen in der Datenspeicherung eignen könnte. Mit einem Trick haben sie die Kristallstruktur ihrer Probe gezielt verzerrt und dabei vermessen, wie dies die magnetischen und elektronischen Eigenschaften beeinflusst.
Eine Frage der Bindung
Am PSI screenen Forschende Molekülfragmente darauf, ob diese an wichtige Proteine des Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 binden und dieses so möglicherweise lahmlegen können. Aus den vielen Einzelinformationen erhoffen sie sich eine Antwort darauf, wie ein wirkungsvolles Medikament aussehen kann.
«Wir machen die SLS zukunftsfähig»
Die Synchrotron Lichtquelle Schweiz SLS soll ein Upgrade erhalten, um auch in den kommenden Jahrzehnten exzellente Forschung möglich zu machen. Hans Braun, Projektleiter SLS 2.0, spricht im Interview über das Vorhaben.
