From 18 to 28 April 2022 we were at the Swiss Light Source Synchrotron Research Institute (SLS) located at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI). We were granted a measurement time on the X-Treme end line dedicated to measuring magnetic properties by magnetic dichroism (circular and linear). The end station is equipped with a superconducting magnet that allows measurements at 7 T in one direction or 2 T in a vector field and cooling the sample to 2 K. The research was a continuation of the project related to the 2D analysis of surface alloys extended by the study of interactions with molecules. During this trip, we studied the Dy-Pt system on the Pt (111) surface and its interaction with salophene-derived molecules (CoBr2Salophene and CuBr2Salophene).

More information about the SLS synchrotron can be found HERE.