SAXS Laboratory

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

Summary

Small-angle X-ray scattering is a unique tool in various research fields, such as materials science, life sciences. After several years of successful beamtimes at various synchrotron sources, our research group has developed an in-house apparatus for SAXS measurements.

For more information, please visit the home page of the instrument.

Example results

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

Selected publications

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

Table of Contents

SAXS Laboratory

Summary

Example results

Selected publications