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Chemical Reactivity Visualised

A 10-minute read Figure 1: Artist view of partial charges of histidine. Illustration reproduced with kind permission of Jessica Freivoltová. Conferences are valuable sources of inspiration for scientists. Latest results are presented, celebrated, or challenged. Poster sessions, coffee breaks, and conference dinners create a vibrant atmosphere, where novel hypotheses are formed, and in the best cases, seed the idea for important, new developments. But inspiration is not enough, as we all know. Method development is tedious and requires a favourable mixture of expertise, perseverance, and frustr

Powering the Future of Fast X-ray 3D CT Battery Imaging: New Joint Publication with Excillum

DECTRIS and Excillum have published a joint article demonstrating how combining high-brightness MetalJet X-ray sources with fast, sensitive photon-counting detectors enables rapid, high-quality 3D CT imaging for battery inspection. The study highlights significant image-quality improvements, faster defect detection, and synchrotron-like performance in laboratory and production settings, underlining the partners’ commitment to advancing next-generation X-ray technology.

High-Energy PXRD Experiments Empowered by the PILATUS4 CdTe Detector

We are proud to share that our article—“Enhancing high‑energy powder X‑ray diffraction applications using a PILATUS4 CdTe detector” (Donath et al. J. Synchr. Rad. 2025, 32, 378) has been published. This study was conducted in collaboration with scientists at the MAX IV Laboratory (Sweden) and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF, France). Using the new PILATUS4 CdTe detector, we pushed the limits of resolution, speed, and performance in high-energy PXRD.

Real Synchrotron Beamline Integration Stories: DECTRIS CLOUD White Paper Now Available

After three successful commissioning experiments at EMBL, ALS, and MAX IV, a white paper outlines how DECTRIS CLOUD can be integrated into synchrotron facility beamlines.

Fusion Record Set for Tungsten at WEST Tokamak by U.S. Researchers with Swiss PILATUS X-Ray Detector

Baden, May 6, 2024 – Researchers at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) of the U.S. Department of Energy have set a new fusion record using PILATUS3 detectors provided by DECTRIS. The record was set at WEST, the Tungsten (W) Environment in Steady-state Tokamak; the fusion device sustained a hot plasma at about 50 million degrees Celsius for six minutes. DECTRIS is proud to be part of this success, which highlights the key role of public-private partnerships, as well as that of Swiss technology based on Hybrid Photon Counting, in advancing energy research. Finally, the record was mad

Dr. Na Li Wins DECTRIS Award 2022 for Her Work on BioSAXS

Dr. Na Li at Shanghai Synchrotron wins the DECTRIS award for her work on drug development

DECTRIS Builds Its 10,000th PILATUS Module

The story of the cornerstone of your favorite PILATUS X-ray detector

Biomolecular Structure And Mechanisms Are in Good Hands

44 young, dynamic and perspective students meet up to detect the future of the biomolecular structure and mechanisms

50,000 samples in a week: industry at a synchrotron beamline

Fast and affordable synchrotron PXRD measurements of industrial scale volumes of samples? Mineralogist and entrepreneur Jarkko Stenman tells how.

Prof. Yu-Sheng Chen wins DECTRIS Award 2020 for his work on in situ structural analysis of metal-organic frameworks

Award-winning research on dynamic in situ single crystal diffraction.

100 Custom-made X-ray Detectors to Enable New Science

An interview with Benjamin Lüthi about DECTRIS’ journey toward its 100th specific solution.

DECTRIS X-ray detectors in the fight against COVID-19

139 out of 160 known coronavirus protein structures were solved with DECTRIS X-ray detectors. We are proud to see our technology in action in the fight against COVID-19, like in the project by the scientists at DESY. Watch their video report.

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