Solaris (synchrotron)

[2] The facility is named after the title of a novel by Polish science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem, who lived and worked in Kraków.

The heart of the Cryomicroscopy Center consists of two cryomicroscopes of the latest generation which, due to their high resolution and measurement method, revolutionize structural biology.

If a spin selector is used additionally, a complete set of quantum numbers for the electron may be obtained.

Applications: Many recent advances in materials science have been enabled by better understanding of the electronic structure of complex systems, gained due to ARPES studies.

Examples include advances in fields such as: high temperature superconductivity, topological insulators, graphene physics.