SAXS Laboratory

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Research group	Biological Nanochemistry
Contact person	András Wacha
	Attila Bóta
	Zoltán Varga
Technique	Small-angle X-ray Scattering
Make & model	CREDO (in-house construction)

• Traceable determination of the size-distribution of nanoparticles
• Characterization of phospholipid bilayers
• Self-assembled nanosystems
• Porous materials
• Amphiphilic copolymer networks
• Protein size and shape determination

• CREDO: a new general-purpose laboratory instrument for small-angle X-ray scattering (2014)

  András Wacha, Zoltán Varga, Attila Bóta Journal of Applied Crystallography 47/5 p1749-1754

  International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) DOI:10.1107/s1600576714019918
• Optimized pinhole geometry for small-angle scattering (2015)

  András Wacha Journal of Applied Crystallography 48/6 p1843-1848

  International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) DOI:10.1107/s1600576715018932
• Peptide-bicelle interaction: Following variations in size and morphology by a combined NMR-SAXS approach (2020)

  E. F. Dudás, A. Wacha, A. Bóta, A. Bodor Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes 1862/2 p183095

  Elsevier BV DOI:10.1016/j.bbamem.2019.183095
• Nanoerythrosomes tailoring: Lipid induced protein scaffolding in ghost membrane derived vesicles (2020)

  Róbert Deák, Judith Mihály, Imola Cs. Szigyártó, Tamás Beke-Somfai, Lilla Turiák, László Drahos, András Wacha, Attila Bóta, Zoltán Varga Materials Science and Engineering: C 109 p110428

  Elsevier BV DOI:10.1016/j.msec.2019.110428
• Particle Size Distribution of Bimodal Silica Nanoparticles: A Comparison of Different Measurement Techniques (2020)

  Mohammed A. Al-Khafaji, Anikó Gaál, András Wacha, Attila Bóta, Zoltán Varga Materials 13/14 p3101

  MDPI AG DOI:10.3390/ma13143101
• Interfacial structure of 70% fish oil-in-water emulsions stabilized with combinations of sodium caseinate and phosphatidylcholine (2019)

  Betül Yesiltas, Mika Torkkeli, László Almásy, Zoltán Dudás, András Ferenc Wacha, Robert Dalgliesh, Pedro J. García-Moreno, Ann-Dorit M. Sørensen, Charlotte Jacobsen, Matti Knaapila Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 554 p183-190

  Elsevier BV DOI:10.1016/j.jcis.2019.06.103
• Hybrid mesoporous silica with controlled drug release (2019)

  László Almásy, Ana-Maria Putz, Qiang Tian, Gennady Kopitsa, Tamara Khamova, Réka Barabás, Melinda Rigó, Attila Bóta, András Wacha, Marius Mirica, Bogdan Ţăranu, Cecilia Savii Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society 84/9 p1027-1039

  National Library of Serbia DOI:10.2298/jsc181109009a
• Phase mixing and separation in polyester polyurethane studied by small-angle scattering: A polydisperse hard sphere model analysis (2018)

  Qiang Tian, Guanyun Yan, Liangfei Bai, Xinxi Li, Lin Zou, László Rosta, András Wacha, Qintang Li, Ivan Krakovský, Minhao Yan, László Almásy Polymer 147 p1-7

  Elsevier BV DOI:10.1016/j.polymer.2018.05.069
• Calibration of the Suanni small-angle neutron scattering instrument at the China Mianyang Research Reactor (2018)

  Qiang Tian, Guanyun Yan, Liangfei Bai, Jie Chen, Dong Liu, Liang Chen, Liangwei Sun, Chaoqiang Huang, Bo Chen, Gergely Nagy, András Wacha, László Almásy Journal of Applied Crystallography 51/6 p1662-1670

  International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) DOI:10.1107/s1600576718015285
• Non-destructive characterisation of all-polypropylene composites using small angle X-ray scattering and polarized Raman spectroscopy (2018)

  Katalin Bocz, Kata Enikő Decsov, Attila Farkas, Dániel Vadas, Tamás Bárány, András Wacha, Attila Bóta, György Marosi Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 114 p250-257

  Elsevier BV DOI:10.1016/j.compositesa.2018.08.020
• Effect of Dilution on the Nonequilibrium Polyelectrolyte/Surfactant Association (2018)

  Krisztina Bali, Zsófia Varga, Attila Kardos, Imre Varga, Tibor Gilányi, Attila Domján, András Wacha, Attila Bóta, Judith Mihály, Róbert Mészáros Langmuir 34/48 p14652-14660

  American Chemical Society (ACS) DOI:10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03255