Empa’s Center for X-ray Analytics enforces X-ray analytical method developments for materials science and technologies with the aim to support Swiss and European science and industrial innovation. The development of new materials is strongly connected to the possibilities for a comprehensive analysis of their properties. Analytical methods do not only provide knowledge about the materials, but also support understanding of the production process of these materials.The center works on progress on X-ray based analytics related to materials research and technology which is done in partnerships with academic institutions and industry. Application areas are new materials in a broad sense for example components or systems in metallurgy, semiconductor industry, chemistry, pharmacy and biology. Our core activities relate with the evaluation of the structure – property relationships. We also focus on studies under different non-ambient environmental conditions, which give access to structure dynamics.