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The BioPACIFIC MIP X-ray Diffraction Platform offers a compact SAXS-WAXS beamline for advanced characterization of biopolymers, featuring a high brilliance liquid gallium X-ray source and a large-area pixel array detector. It allows for rapid kinetic SAXS measurements, enhancing research capabilities for U.S. scientists via a peer-review access process.

The BioPACIFIC MIP X-ray Diffraction Platform features an unparalleled laboratory SAXS-WAXS (small- and wide-angle x-ray scattering) beamline for high-throughput characterization of biopolymers and nanostructures. Custom-developed by a research team at UCSB, the new X-Ray instrument offers performance level comparable to a second-generation synchrotron but on a benchtop instrument, to help scientists elucidate materials structure in the nano- and meso-scale.

Prof. Javier Read de Alaniz, co-Director of BioPACIFIC MIP, received the 2023 American Chemical Society Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award for excellence in organic chemistry, which includes a $40,000 research grant, established in 1984 to honor Arthur C. Cope's legacy.

BioPACIFIC MIP co-Director Prof. Javier Read de Alaniz has been awarded the 2023 American Chemical Society Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, sponsored by the Arthur C. Cope Fund, in recognition and encouragement of excellence in organic chemistry.

BioPACIFIC MIP has enhanced its Additive Manufacturing facility at UC Santa Barbara by adding two new printers, accessible for free through their User Program. The Carbon M2 3D printer utilizes CLIP technology for faster, smoother printing, while the Mono3Z2 offers versatility with its 5-wavelength capability for multilateral objects.

BioPACIFIC MIP has added two new printers to the Additive Manufacturing facility at UC Santa Barbara. Both printers are accessible at no cost through the BioPACIFIC MIP User Program and proposal process.

A partnership between Penn State and MIT is developing a new semiconductor, tin selenide (SnSe), which interacts uniquely with light, promising advancements in low-energy computing and photonics. The collaboration has led to a precise fabrication process that could enhance the quality and application of 2D materials, benefiting various industries.

A research partnership between Penn State and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) could enable an improved method to make a new type of semiconductor that is a few atoms thin and interacts with light in an unusual way. This new semiconductor could lead to new computing and communications technologies that use lower amounts of energy than current electronics.