High-Throughput Robotic GIWAXS at ALS SAXS/WAXS Beamline
We present the development of a high-throughput, robotic GIWAXS platform for automated thin-film characterization at the ALS SAXS/WAXS beamline. The system features a UR5e robotic arm, a helium-purged sample chamber, integrated beamline data acquisition routines, and a web-based interface for sample tracking. Designed for seamless compatibility with computational workflows, the control software enables real-time data transfer, analysis, and autonomous experimentation, greatly increasing throughput with additional gains in noise reduction and resource management. The platform also supports future integration with synthesis and sample-processing systems, such as Sciprios and North Robotics, paving the way for closed-loop, data-driven materials research and establishing a means to accelerate the pace of materials innovation.
Authors
- Wiebke Koepp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3234-9368)
- Harold Barnard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6932-7173)
- Damon English
- Dilworth Y. Parkinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1817-0716)
- Sujoy Roy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4411-1859)
- Dylan McReynolds (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1539-0297)
- Chenhui Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1263-5065)
- Alexander Hexemer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5269-0125)
- Eric Schaible (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6366-8559)
- Xiaodan Gu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1123-3673)
- Yunfei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7555-5308)
- Camille Molsick-Gibson
- Piotr Gach
- Lucas Kistulentz
- Ivan Galikeev
- Matthew Roizin-Prior
- Garret Birkel
- Raja Vyshnavi Sriramoju (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9581-6073)
- Chinweike Osubor
Institutions
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
- Advanced Light Source
- University of Southern Mississippi (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Photon Science
- Published
- 2025-10-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/photonsci.5c00017
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Particle Detector Development and Performance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.74