| Group | Beamline | Source | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reaction Dynamics | VUV | SLS | Reaction mechanisms in catalysis and combustion, atmospheric and astrochemistry. Detection and assignment of elusive reactive intermediates via valence ionization. |
| In-situ Spectroscopy for Environmental Sciences | Phoenix | SLS | Energy and environmental research. Tender x-ray in-situ spectroscopy of low-Z elements, time-resolved measurements, chemical imaging, X-ray emission spectroscopy |
| Chemical Imaging | microXAS | SLS | Multi-dimensional multimodal chemical imaging. Hard x-ray microprobe for spectroscopy and diffraction, time-resolved approaches, radioactive samples. |
| Operando Spectroscopy (with ENE) | SuperXAS | SLS | Heterogeneous catalysis, electrochemistry, photochemistry. Hard X-ray probes for operando spectroscopy including quickEXAFS. |
| Alvra group | Alvra endstation | SwissFEL Aramis | Photochemistry and photobiology. Femtosecond tender to hard x-ray spectroscopy and diffraction, including serial femtosecond crystallography. |
| Maloja group (with LAP) | Maloja endstation | SwissFEL Athos | Ultrafast and non-linear X-ray sciences, single-shot imaging, time-resolved spectroscopy. Applications in atomic, molecular, and optical physics as well as chemical sciences. |
The Operando Spectroscopy group is matrixed from the Energy and Environment Division (ENE) of PSI for the operation of the SuperXAS beamline. The Maloja group is currently part of the Athos project in LAP and closely affiliated with LSF.