Time of flight modulation of intensity by zero effort on Larmor

A time-of-flight modulation of intensity by zero effort spectrometer mode has been developed for the Larmor instrument at the ISIS pulsed neutron source. The instrument utilizes resonant spin flippers that employ electromagnets with pole shoes, allowing the flippers to operate at frequencies up to 3 MHz. Tests were conducted at modulation...

Evolution of dispersion in the melt compounding of a model polymer nanocomposite system: A multi-scale study

We investigate the morphological development of polystyrene (PS)-C ₆₀ nanocomposites along the length of a prototype co-rotating twin-screw extruder with sampling capabilities. The effects of C ₆₀ concentration and output on the morphological evolution along the extruder are studied employing a suite of characterization...

Design and characterization of zero magnetic field chambers for high efficiency neutron polarization transport

Several methods of polarized neutron scattering call for a zero magnetic field (ZF) region to reduce magnetic field integral aberrations while preserving the neutron polarization. Though the design for large angle neutron scattering has been presented in various places, the design characterization and tuning has not been discussed before. In...

Data Correction of Intensity Modulated Small Angle Scattering

To investigate long length scale structures using neutron scattering, real space techniques have shown certain advantages over the conventional methods working in reciprocal space. As one of the real space measurement techniques, spin echo modulated small angle neutron scattering (SEMSANS) has attracted attention, due to its relaxed...

Liquid–liquid phase separation morphologies in ultra-white beetle scales and a synthetic equivalent

Cyphochilus beetle scales are amongst the brightest structural whites in nature, being highly opacifying whilst extremely thin. However, the formation mechanism for the voided intra-scale structure is unknown. Here we report 3D x-ray nanotomography data for the voided chitin networks of intact white scales of Cyphochilus and Lepidiota stigma....

Applying Resonant Spin Flippers with Poleshoes and Longitudinal Radio Frequency Fields to Time of Flight MIEZE

A time of flight MIEZE spectrometerstudyis presented. The instrumentuses solenoid radio frequency(RF)spin flipperswithsquare pole shoes and a magnetic yoke. These flippers can achieve higherstaticfields than conventional resonant RF spin flippers, which employ an air core.High fields are crucial for the construction of a high resolution and...

RF neutron spin flippers in time of flight Spin-Echo Resolved Grazing Incidence Scattering (SERGIS)

RF coils have been routinely used for Larmor labelling on the Offspec instrument at ISIS. These coils encode directional information via the neutron polarization using a series of parallelogram-shaped pole shoes which can be tuned to different angles with an RF gradient flipper in the centre of each magnet. We report on measurements of the...

New capabilities in high-resolution neutron Larmor diffraction at ORNL

High resolution neutron Larmor diffraction using superconducting magnetic Wollaston prisms

The neutron Larmor diffraction technique has been implemented using superconducting magnetic Wollaston prisms in both single-arm and double-arm configurations. Successful measurements of the coefficient of thermal expansion of a single-crystal copper sample demonstrates that the method works as expected. The experiment involves a new method of...

A Journey along the Extruder with Polystyrene: C60 Nanocomposites: Convergence of Feeding Formulations into a Similar Nanomorphology

We investigated the effect of the feeding formulation (premixed powders of pure components versus solvent-blended mixture) of polystyrene–C60 composites on the dispersion and reagglomeration phenomena developing along the barrel of a twin-screw extruder. The dispersion of C60 in the PS matrix is studied over different length scales using a...

Porosity of silica Stöber particles determined by spin-echo small angle neutron scattering

Stöber silica particles are used in a diverse range of applications. Despite their widespread industrial and scientific uses, information on the internal structure of the particles is non-trivial to obtain and is not often reported. In this work we have used spin-echo small angle neutron scattering (SESANS) in conjunction with ultra small angle...