Structural characterization of spray-dried microgranules by spin-echo small-angle neutron scattering

Spray-drying is a widely used industrial technique and has shown an immense potential in the fields of nanoscience and technology. This is due to its ability to synthesize microgranules consisting of correlated nanostructures using evaporation induced assembly through bottom-up approach. Although the nature of correlation among the...

Analysis of SESANS data by numerical Hankel transform implementation in SasView

SESANS data analysis has been implemented in the SasView software package, allowing SESANS experiments to be analyzed using a numerical Hankel transformation of isotropic small-angle scattering (SAS) models. The error of the numerical approximation is three orders of magnitude below typical experimental errors. All advanced data fitting...

High-strength bacterial cellulose-polyacrylamide hydrogels: Mesostructure anisotropy as studied by spin-echo small-angle neutron scattering and cryo-SEM

Submicron- and micron-scale structures of composite hydrogels based on bacterial cellulose (BC) and polyacrylamide (PAAm) were studied by spin-echo small-angle neutron scattering (SESANS) and cryo-scanning electron microscopy (cryo-SEM). These hydrogels possessing the structure of interpenetrating polymer network were synthesized via free...

Structure in cohesive powders studied with spin-echo small angle neutron scattering

Extracting structure and ordering information from the bulk of granular materials is a challenging task. Here we present Spin-Echo Small Angle Neutron Scattering Measurements in combination with computer simulations on a fine powder of silica, before and after uniaxial compression. The cohesive powder packing is modeled by using molecular...