Sample environment for humidity and temperature control for SAXS experiments

The humidity in the environment affects drugs during processing as well as during storage.  To be able to study the real-world effect of humidity on drugs, our postdoctoral researcher within WP4 has worked on designing and prototyping a suitable humidity environment for CoSAXS. After several prototypes, the final design and a suitable material has been identified, and a final humidity cell will be produced and commissioned. The cell will feature a sample changer for several (6-12) samples in controlled humidity and temperature, which allows more efficient study. Currently, there are plans to continue this development as part of NextBioForm in a collaboration between CoSAXS and Malmö University with the aim to commission the environment for user experiment and extend the usability also to other beamlines at MAX IV.