Conveners
NEUTRONS: Session - 7
- Norbert Kučerka (Comenius University Bratislava)
NEUTRONS: Session - 8
- Adriana Zeleňáková (Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Science, Institute of Physics)
NEUTRONS: Session - 9
- mark johnson (Institut Laue Langevin)
The comprehensive Endurance upgrade programme was completed in 2024. With a budget of 50+ M€, about 30 projects have been delivered, including neutron guide systems, new and upgraded instruments, sample environment and data and software services. More intense neutron beams combined with more efficient detector systems provide major new capability for measuring ever smaller samples, including...
In this talk, I will show some recent studies performed at the ISIS neutron and muon source covering a wide range of domains such as quantum materials, location of guest molecules within zeolites and metal organic frameworks, battery materials, geology, engineering applications and archeometry. In the process, we will highlight which neutron characteristics make these measurements unique and...
The popularity of small-angle scattering for the study of biologically relevant materials stems from the fact that it provides detailed information on the size, shape, and conformation of molecular assemblies in solutions. Unilamellar vesicles formed by phospholipids serve as models of biological membranes and drug carriers. SANS data treated by using the vesicle model provide information...
Slovak research community proves continuously a deep interest and high-quality results in condensed matter studies including investigations in both hard and soft matter applications. Scientific research in these areas have always correlated closely with the developments of large-scale scientific infrastructure. The peculiar properties of neutrons, power of synchrotrons, innovations in optical...
Lipid compositional asymmetry across the leaflets of the plasma membrane is a ubiquitous feature in eukaryotic cells. How this asymmetry is attained is thought to be through the sidedness of lipid biosynthesis as well as through active transport of lipids across the membrane. This strategy is helped by the slow diffusion of long tail phospholipids and sphingolipids through the lipid bilayer...
The neutron source Institut Laue Langevin in Grenoble, France, maintains a comprehensive range of spectroscopy instruments, designed and optimised specifically for the study of dynamic processes in condensed matter. As a quantum mechanical particle possessing a magnetic moment, the neutron not only allows the observation of mass fluctuations (vibrational excitations, phonons) and mass...
Since decades the neutron and, more recently, Xray spectroscopies have been standard workhorses for investigations of condensed matter dynamics at atomic resolution. Nevertheless, the inherently weak interaction of both probes with matter, accompanied by the tiny flux densities of neutron beams and by the huge Xray photon energy as compared to the energy scale of elementary excitations in...
The lecture gives an overview of the research with neutrons at the Budapest Neutron Centre, describing techniques and instruments for neutron scattering, imaging and elemental analysis with neutrons.
Examples of applications of neutron scattering methods in various fields of materials science and cultural heritage science, carried out at BNC, are briefly presented. Future plans for upgrade...
Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) is a powerful probe of nanoscale structure, but its full potential in magnetism is unlocked when the incident beam is polarized. This lecture introduces the physical foundations and practical implementation of polarized SANS, demonstrating how the technique provides access to information hidden from other characterization methods. SANS probes real-space...
Magnetic core-shell nanoparticles have emerged as highly versatile materials with a wide range of applications spanning biomedicine, catalysis, and sensor technologies. In biomedical fields, the magnetic core responds to external magnetic fields, enabling targeted drug delivery, magnetic hyperthermia, and efficient magnetic separation. To ensure biocompatibility, the magnetic core is typically...
