Neutron imaging provides a powerful means to investigate samples in real space. At the FRM II, the ANTARES instrument represents a state-of-the-art facility for such studies. However, due to direct viewing of the source and secondary processes, a considerable number of gamma particles reach the detector. These contribute significantly to noise and degrade the overall measurement...
Perovskite Nanocrystal Solar Cells (PNCSC) hold great promise for future renewable energy solutions. Utilizing Perovskite Nanocrystal Layers as the active layer in solar cells exploits quantum confinement, if the crystal size is below the Bohr radius [1], resulting in high power conversion efficiencies, a high photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY), a narrow photoluminescence (PL) peak, and...
The recent reactor downtime at MLZ was used productively to modernize its digital infrastructure. One of the key upgrades is the introduction of Single Sign-On (SSO), which lets users access all data services using their familiar GhOST credentials—no extra logins needed.
During experiments, NICOS handles live metadata capture, while the MLZ electronic laboratory notebook (MLZ-ELN) takes care...
PANDA is the cold three-axis spectrometer at MLZ, successfully serving scientists from around the world since 2005. In preparation for continued user operations, the instrument has undergone comprehensive maintenance and upgrades. It is now equipped with a new double focusing PG-002 monochromator, a versatile sample table capable of supporting cryomagnets, dilution inserts (50 mK) and a new...
Polysaccharides are crucial structural polymers of life and display a diverse set of conformations, although the origins of these conformations are not fully understood. In this study, a high molecular weight pectin polysaccharide was investigated in binary water–glycerol mixtures using a complementary combination of molecular dynamics simulations, rheology, calorimetry, and neutron...
Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) is one of the most important techniques for microstructure determination, which is used in a wide range of scientific disciplines such as materials science, physics, chemistry, and biology. Conventional SAS can probe microstructural (density and composition) inhomogeneities in the bulk and on a mesoscopic length scale between a few and a few hundred...
Organic-inorganic halide perovskites have gained a huge interest in the scientific community owing to their favorable optoelectronic properties combined with their ease of production and abundance of raw materials. In many cases, polycrystalline thin films are fabricated for which thin film crystallinity and morphology are key factors affecting the perovskite properties. In this work, we...
The coincidence Doppler broadening spectrometer (CDBS) at the MLZ provides state-of-the-art, depth dependent detection of defects and chemical composition at the annihilation site. A monoenergetic positron micro-beam (50 µm FWHM) is guided onto a sample where positrons may thermalise and annihilate with electrons. The Doppler broadening of the characteristic 511 keV annihilation peak is...
Hybrid perovskite solar cells (PSCs) suffer from underexplored links between crystallographic orientation and thermal stability, especially in narrow-bandgap devices. We fabricate highly oriented mixed Sn-Pb perovskite films via an additive-free two-step method. Accelerated ageing studies at 120 °C reveal that high orientation paradoxically compromises stability, and PSCs built from highly...
Thermogels are of great interest in biomedical applications such as tissue engineering or drug delivery. For applications, the possibility to design specific thermogels with predetermined mechanical properties and tunable gel points is crucial. Tetrablock terpolymers offer numerous possibilities to tune the gel point and the gel properties for the desired purpose [1].
To determine the...
In the last decades alternative production methods for alloys have become the focus of science and industry. One of these production methods is using laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), in which alloys can be printed in complex, delicate and hollow shapes and geometries, which is difficult for the conventional casting and forging approach. The 3D printable alloys are used in the area of...
Lattice relaxation, i.e. small lattice symmetry lowering, could lead to unresolved peak splitting in powder diffraction, which results in anisotropic, i.e. $hkl$-dependent, peak broadening. Recently Gregorkiewitz & Boschetti [1] derived formulas for $1/d_{hkl}^2$ (with $d_{hkl}$ being an interplanar distance) for each split peak component in the six minimal relaxation schemes. Anisotropic peak...
Ternary lithium lanthanide chlorides, Li₃RCl₆ (R = rare earth), have recently emerged as promising solid electrolytes. Historically, compounds of the Li₃MCl₆ family (M = Sc, In, Ho, Er, Y, Yb, etc.) were regarded as poor ionic conductors, typically showing conductivities several orders of magnitude below relevant values. Recent advances in mechanochemical synthesis have changed this view, as...
Data management at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) has seen substantial advancements in recent years, particularly during reactor downtime. This has enabled us to prioritise developing MLZ's digital infrastructure. A notable enhancement is the integration of a Single Sign-On (SSO) system, enabling users to access data services using their existing User Office (GhOST) credentials....
Feasible KWS-1 modes and experiments will be presented for the period of reactor operation without the cold source.
An innovative 100 kN testing machine for tensile, compression, and fatigue experiments on industrially relevant high-temperature alloys has been developed for in-situ microstructural characterization under combined mechanical and thermal loading. In addition, the system can serve as a versatile sample environment for in-situ neutron experiments at FRM II beamlines such as Stress-Spec, SPODI,...
The structural color change of cephalopods is primarily driven by the self-assembly of reflectin proteins, which modulates the refractive index of the Bragg reflection layer, thereby altering the propagation of light. Additionally, when induced by small molecules like imidazole, reflectin will undergo higher-order assembly, forming a hexagonal lamellar structure. This work employs small-angle...
The coherent scattering length $ b_c $ is a fundamental property for many neutron techniques, but have to be determined for each nuclide individually. Although this has carefully been done over decades and results were summarized in established standard tables, some $ b_c $ values have large experimental uncertainties, including possible systematic errors, or have not been determined...
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Using sophisticated methods, a deep understanding of the processes in in-situ electrochemistry is achieved. There are only a few ways to study electrochemically relevant processes on different length and/or time scales without influencing the processes themselves. What is needed are probes that cover a sufficient volume of the sample non-destructively and are sensitive to the...
Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) offer a promising avenue for magnetic hyperthermia, a cancer therapy where MNPs are introduced into tumors and then heated with an external magnetic field to destroy cancer cells. For this clinical application to be safe and effective, it's critical to optimize the magnetic field parameters and the heating power. Since safety concerns limit the maximum applied...
We are going to present the upgrades developed at NREX during the shutdown time. We installed new sample environment to investigate thin film samples in H2 or D2 atmospheres: A gas handling system with remote pressure control (0-1bar), a sample chamber with both neutron and x-ray windows, and a He3 cryostat (0.5 - 300K) also with neutron and x-ray windows for simultaneous reflectometry...
The new instrument FIREPOD (FIne REsolution POwder Diffractometer) was successfully transferred from Berlin to Garching as part of a BMBF-funded project. At the MLZ,it will have a ‘second life’ as a dedicated high-throughput instrument, ideally suited for a wide range of fast parametric studies and studies with large sample series. As such, it perfectly complements the group of three unique...
A selene type, 20 m long instrument has been proposed on the 96 Hz moderator which could serve as a future macromolecular diffractometer for single crystals (e. g. protein crystals). A macromolecular diffractometer at the 24 Hz TMR station with a conventional neutron guide of 80 m length using a cold moderator is planned to be designed and simulated. A traditional elliptical neutron guide is...
The development of biohybrid materials promises an advancing sustainable nanotechnology, for example, in the synthesis of functional inorganic nanostructures for photocatalysis. This work presents a water-based route using the bovine whey protein ß-lactoglobulin (ß-lg) as a biotemplate for fabricating nanostructured and crystalline titania films. To reveal the complex formation mechanisms of...
We present the hot neutron two-axis diffractometer POLI, which uses spin-polarized neutrons for magnetic studies in particular. We give an overview on the capabilities as well as recent upgrades of the instrument.
PLEPS measures the positron annihilation lifetime of atomisticdefects in various materials with a pulsed monochromatic positron-beam of variable energy.PLEPS is an ideal tool for:
a) defect-identification and defect depth-profiling in thin-layered structures of semiconductors and insulators,
b) characterization of radiation-damage in materials for fusion and fission, and
c)direct...
STRESS-SPEC is designed as a state-of-the-art multi-purpose diffractometer for strain and texture analysis at FRM II. Besides the optimized high neutron flux the available large variability in gauge volume definition systems together with the robotic sample handling option offer high flexibility for spatial resolved diffraction measurements.
Recent developments focused on the enhancement of...
The Neutron Spin Echo Spectrometer (J-NSE) 'PHOENIX' enables the study of slow dynamic processes such as the fluctuations of biological membranes and the internal domain motions of proteins. With its superconducting main precession coils and optimised field shape, it is one of the most advanced NSE instruments available. Recent developments to the instrument include the installation of a...
Lithium-ion pouch cells are one of three cell geometries frequently employed in electric vehicles due to their high energy density and flexible design [1,2], enabling high gravimetric and volumetric energy density. However, their performance and degradation are highly sensitive to external mechanical stabilisation, where stack pressure strongly influences lifetime and safety [3]. In this...
Background from sample cryostat on three-axis spectrometer: can it be reduced?
A.Ivanov, A.Piovano
Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France
Background from sample environment may be a relatively important issue in the measurements with small and low scattering samples on a three-axis spectrometer. It can be present in the form of sharp peaks as a function of nominal energy transfer E...
Over several decades of research in neutron experiments and methods, the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) has accumulated extensive knowledge, including scientific papers, manuals, Wikipedia-style articles, in-house developed software, and electronic lab notebooks. However, effectively accessing and utilizing these resources remains challenging. At the same time, high-fidelity...
Presenting RESEDA our neutron resonant spin-echo spectrometer
TRISP is currently being set up in the guide hall east. At the same time, the new 30-meter-long neutron guide with transmission polarizer is being installed. Transmission losses of this longer guide are minimized in the thermal spectrum range (1-4 Å) by a ballistic guide with parabolic and elliptic sections at the input and output, each 13 m long. In the center there is a straight transmission...
Analysis of the spectra obtained with Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis (PGAA) is a well-developed method with relatively straightforward data treatment. However, due to the large number of gamma rays emitted after neutron capture, and the possible interference of the gamma rays from different elements, in the target material, this process can be time consuming. This is also additionally...
The high-intensity reflectometer MARIA of JCNS is installed in the neutron guide hall of the FRM II reactor in Garching and is using a velocity selector as a primary wavelength filter with a resolution of 10%. The full cross section of the beam is optionally polarized by a double-reflecting super mirror and in the vertical direction the elliptically focusing neutron guide increases the flux at...
PEDOT:PSS is a water-dispersable and electrically conductive polymer blend that is increasingly applied as organic electronics in numerous fields such as batteries, super-capacitors, and solar cells. While many studies focus on performance optimization, long-term degradation issues because of humid environments are rarely discussed. PEDOT:PSS absorbs significant amounts of water (~50 wt%),...
Hydrogen storage in light hydride systems for mobile applications is a widely discussed but a highly controversial topic because of explosive mixtures of hydrogen with oxygen. This danger, however, is eliminated, if hydrogen is stored in complex hydrides, releasing hydrogen only under significant heat impact.
The main issue for complex hydride mixtures is the kinetics of the reversible...
The PERC facility is under construction at the FRM II in Garching, Germany. It will serve as an intense and clean source of electrons and protons from neutron beta decay for precision studies. It aims to improve the measurements of weak interaction properties by one order of magnitude and to search for new physics via new effective couplings.
PERC's central component is a 12 m long...
Located at the SR10 at the FRM II, NECTAR is a versatile instrument and designed for the non-destructive inspection of various objects by means of fission neutron radiography and tomography. Compared to the Z-dependency of X-ray and gamma imaging, fission neutrons have the strong advantage of often providing similar contrast for heavy and light materials. Only few facilities around the world...
The practical application of lithium metal batteries (LMBs) is primarily challenged by the unstable interface between the lithium metal anode (LMA) and conventional electrolytes, leading to dendritic lithium growth and low Coulombic efficiency. While localized high-concentration electrolytes (LHCEs) mitigate these issues by modulating solvation structures, their cluster configurations and...
The decay of free neutrons is a powerful tool for precision tests of the Standard Model of particle physics. Correlation coefficients - such as the beta asymmetry $A$ and the Fierz interference term $b$ - serve as input for the determination of the CKM matrix element $V_{\mathrm{ud}}$ and for searches for (effective) scalar and tensor as well as right-handed couplings.
The neutron decay...
REFSANS is the horizontal TOF reflectometer installed at the MLZ, designed for reflectometry and GISANS studies of any interface, as well as to give simultaneous access to a wide range of Qz values.
Wavelength resolution may be tuned from 1.0 % up to 10%. The optics comprises neutron guide elements with different channels and special apertures to provide slit smeared or point focused beams...
Neutron analytical methods are indispensable tools for non-destructive elemental analysis of materials or items of various origins (geological, environmental, biological, cultural, archeological and industrial). Fast neutron inelastic scattering brings analytical capabilities to a new level, allowing to analyze thick and dense samples thanks to higher incident energy of neutrons via...
Presenting instrument HEiDi, a hot neutron single crystal diffractometer
Electron microscopy (EM) is a powerful imaging technique that use an electron beam to illuminate a sample, making it particularly valuable in the study of soft matter.
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) allows real-space investigations to obtain knowledge about particle shape, size, size distribution, self-assembly, and aggregation. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with environmental...
Positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS) is a powerful tool in a
wide range of materials science. To investigate inhomogeneous defect
distributions, e.g. close to fatigue cracks or in a dispersive alloy, with
PALS a pulsed positron beam with a diameter in the range of 1 µm and a
time resolution in the order of 200 ps is needed.
SANS-1 is a joint project of the TU München and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon exploiting a classical pin-hole layout. Beside of being a general-purpose instrument it features distinguished characteristics for probing strongly correlated electron systems and materials science research. SANS‑1 offers access to a large dynamic range with tuneable resolution including full polarization analysis. A...
POWTEX is a TOF neutron powder diffractometer built by RWTH Aachen University and Forschungszentrum Jülich, with contributions from Göttingen University. Funded by the BMFTR (Projects 05K22PA2 and 05K23PAA), it aims to enable rapid measurements, in-situ chemical experiments and parametric studies. The wide angular coverage significantly reduces the need for sample tilting for texture...
In order to build a comprehensive understanding of all kinds of materials, the Photon and Neutron (PaN) community has been developing an increasing portfolio of experimental techniques (ET). These techniques share similarities including physical processes, experimental probes, functional dependencies, or purposes. This intricate web of techniques benefits from organisation into an ontology,...
Lipid sponge phase nanoparticles (L₃NPs) are emerging as versatile carriers for biomolecular delivery due to their curved flexible bilayer structures and interconnected aqueous channels. These bicontinuous nanostructures enable efficient encapsulation of large, sensitive biomolecules, including proteins. However, scalable production
methods and mechanistic insights into their membrane...
The neutron single crystal diffractometer BIODIFF, a joint project of the Forschungszentrum Jülich and the FRM II, is dedicated to the structure determination of enzymes. Typical scientific questions address the determination of protonation states of amino acid side chains in the active center, the orientation of individual water molecules essential for the catalytic mechanism and the...
Presenting instrument PUMA, thermal-neutron three-axes spectrometer.
Li metal-based batteries are foreseen as future energy storage devices. However, a major hindrance to their industrial application is the uneven Li deposition on the anode that results in dendritic growth and poor columbic efficiency (CE).
Our previous work had revealed that batteries with a mechanically rigid M1I0 polymer coating on anode show a comparatively lower CE than those with a a...
Data Evaluation Group (DEVA) offers support for processing and evaluation of experimental data collected at selected neutron and x-ray instruments of the MLZ. Our service is particularly focused to support infrequent or new users to facilitate data analysis to obtain meaningful results ready for publication in short time. This includes assistance in data reduction, data analysis steps with use...
KOMPASS, a polarised triple-axis spectrometer (TAS), is one of the most recently built instruments at the FRM II. It is designed exclusively for polarised neutrons, benefiting from its uniquely designed polarising guide setup, which consists of static and exchangeable sections. The static part of the guide system hosts a series of three polarising V-cavities, yielding a highly polarised beam....
Two commercial LFP|C cells of 26650-type were investigated non-destructively using a combination of electrochemical measurements, X-ray computed tomography (CT), diffraction and differential thermal analysis (DTA) to assess structural uniformity, lithium distribution, and aging behavior.
Despite identical cell chemistry and form factor, significant differences between the two cell types were...
Larger battery cell formats increase usable energy but promote inhomogeneities that affect degradation. This work examines aging in 21700-type cells with NCM cathodes and graphite/SiOx anodes using cyclic aging combined with in operando neutron diffraction, neutron depth profiling, and X-ray computed tomography. Prolonged cycling leads to Li loss, visible on the cathode through reduced NCM...
KWS-3 is a very small angle neutron scattering diffractometer operated by JCNS at Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) in Garching, Germany. The principle of this instrument is one-to-one imaging of an entrance aperture onto a 2D position sensitive detector by neutron reflection from a double-focusing toroidal mirror. In current state, KWS-3 is covering Q-range between 3·10-5 and 2·10-2 Å-1 and...
Presenting thin film sample preparation with MBE (Molecular Beam Epitaxy) for neutron reflectometry and thin film characterization techniques in the thin film lab.
KWS-2 is a pinhole SANS diffractometer optimized for the investigation of complex morphologies and rapid structural changes in soft-matter and biophysical systems. The instrument enables the exploration of a broad Q range between 1.0x10$^-$$^4$ and 2.0 Å$^-$$^1$ offering high neutron intensities and adjustable experimental resolution in continuous or TOF mode based on the instrument's...
Neutron scattering experiments provide valuable insights into the nanoscopic properties of matter. In this contribution we study water absorbed to cellulose leading to the conclusion that water absorbed to cellulse is adherend with its hydrogen bonds fixed to the cellulose, indicating that steric effects play only a minor role.
The time- and lenghtscales probed by neutron scattering...
The poster presents the capabilities of the PGAA method
RIANA is a Horizon Europe project offering free, transnational access to 69 leading research facilities across 22 countries. Through cutting-edge techniques, including electron microscopy, synchrotron radiation, and nanofabrication, RIANA supports breakthrough research in nanoscience and technology. A unique feature is its dedicated network of Junior Scientists, who provide expert, one-on-one...
Presenting the capabilities of the thermal/cold neutron imaging instrument ANTARES
The RESEDA(REsonance Spin Echo for Diverse Applications) instrument is a spectrometer that can use the MIEZE(Modulated IntEnsity with Zero Effort) method, a variant of neutron spin echo(NSE) that uses radio frequency(RF) spin flippers instead of static magnetic fields and that can measure samples that depolarize the beam.
As a next step for improving the experimental setup it was proposed...
Observables of neutron decay are, among others, the $\beta$-asymmetry $A$ and the Fierz interference term $b$. Through precision measurements of $A$ we have access to the CKM matrix element $V_{ud}$ , while a non-zero Fierz term $b$ would imply the existence of scalar or tensor interactions beyond the V-A theory of the Standard Model.
The currently most precise direct determinations of $A$...
Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) is an established technique for additive manufacturing. However, not all alloys are manufacturable with LPBF. Especially high-strength aluminum alloys that can be precipitation hardened are difficult to weld and thus difficult to process with LPBF. The growth of elongated grains and build-up of residual stress lead to anisotropic macroscopic mechanical properties...
The instrument state-of-the-art along with the startup activities will be presented.
The cold triple-axis spectrometer (TAS) FLEXX at HZB was a well-designed and upgraded instrument [1-4]. There was a strong wish that this excellent instrument should be preserved for the community. One attractive gap in the present instrumentation suite of MLZ, is the Larmor-diffraction technique [5-6] (LD) and, as a natural extension, cold neutron resonant spin echo (NRSE). TAS comes at no...
As one of the world’s leading research reactors, the Munich neutron source FRM II has a rich program in science, industry, and medicine. Modern nuclear security standards motivate intensive efforts to convert FRM II from using Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) to Low-Enriched Uranium (LEU) fuel. This requires a deep understanding of the reactor behavior to fulfill safety restrictions and allow for...
Presenting TOPAS, a thermal neutron time-of-flight spectrometer with polarization analysis.
Laboratory studies of magnetically confined electron-positron “pair” plasmas are a compelling frontier in fundamental plasma physics research; this is the goal of A Positron Electron eXperiment. The overall project plan involves installing several small plasma devices together at the world-class NEPOMUC positron source at FRM II. Positrons will be accumulated and stored in a series of...
Neutron activation analysis (NAA) is a highly sensitive method of chemical analysis with neutrons. The FRM II provides flux values of up to 10^14 /cm^2s in selected irradiation positions near the reactor core. The high degree of thermalization is optimal for analysis, as corrections due to interfering reactions are usually negligible. The irradiated samples can be transported via a rabbit...
Presenting instrument DNS, a polarised diffuse neutron scattering instrument with time-of-flight inelastic scattering option
This PhD project will investigate the mechanical behaviour of steel and aluminium alloys at cryogenic temperatures through experiments performed using neutron diffractometry with the SALSA strain diffractometer at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), Grenoble. The aim is to correlate macroscopic stress–strain behaviour with lattice-scale strain evolution, providing new insights into deformation...
Copper is widely used as a current collector in lithium metal batteries due to its electrical conductivity and mechanical stability. However, its inherently low lithiophilicity often results in uneven lithium plating and stripping, which fosters dendrite growth and negatively impacts cell safety, cycle life, and overall performance. To mitigate these issues, surface modifications such as...
Three-axis spectrometers (TAS) are versatile instruments to study inelastic neutron scattering. They allow high energy resolution investigations of fundamental excitations across various energy and momentum coordinates. However, traditional TAS methods are limited by point-by-point measurement in reciprocal space, which can be time-consuming and less effective for rapid kinetic studies. A...
The poster will describe the instrument SAPHiR and give scientific examples.
Materials and components with intricate geometries, such as from additive manufacturing (AM), require highly flexible sample positioning systems during diffraction experiments. Therefore, the STRESS-SPEC group at Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ), Germany, has pioneered the use of industrial robots [1, 2] to enhance sample handling and positioning at neutron diffractometers. While these...
In this poster you will have the opportunity to see the tasks we have carried out for the MLZ user operation relaunch.
Presenting instrument TOFTOF, a cold neutron time-of-flight spectromenter
The customized SAXS/WAXS instrument began user operations in April 2023. As the latest addition to our small-angle scattering instrument family, which uses X-rays as the primary probe, the new instrument is equipped with a high-flux Metal-Jet source and a movable Eiger2R 4M SAXS detector. It also features a 4-axis motorized WAXS detector and a Bonse-Hart USAXS system, enabling a broad...
Alginates are naturally occurring polysaccharides found in brown algae. Featuring non-toxicity and highly controllable ionic gelation by divalent metals, such as Ca2+, alginates have seen extensive use in biomedicine, such as wound dressings and in 3D bioprinting.
Here, we investigate an alginate-based graft copolymer, namely Alginate-g-P(NIPAM94-co-NtBAM6), where a random copolymer of...
Composite solid polymer electrolytes (CSPEs) have emerged as promising candidates for next-generation all-solid-state lithium batteries (ASSLBs). However, the limited ionic conductivity and poor interphase stability have seriously hindered their practical application. Herein, the anion-trapping layered double hydroxide (LDH) was introduced to simultaneously enhance ionic conductivity and...
Silicon-carbon (Si/C) composite anodes are promising candidates for high-energy-density lithium-ion batteries due to the high theoretical capacity of silicon. However, their practical application is hindered by severe volume expansion and unstable solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) formation during cycling. Fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC) is commonly used to improve interfacial stability, but...
SPHERES (SPectrometer for High Energy RESolution) is a third-generation backscattering spectrometer with focusing optics and a phase-space-transform chopper. It combines the high energy resolution with a very good signal-to-noise ratio. It is a versatile spectrometer for investigating atomic and molecular dynamics on a μeV scale. Typical applications include for example hyperfine splitting or...
Grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS) has emerged as a uniquely powerful technique for elucidating surface and near-surface morphologies over length scales from roughly 1 nm to 1 µm. Yet, extracting quantitative structural parameters from GISAXS data requires solving an inverse problem: one must assume a structural model, simulate its scattering response, and iteratively...
Modern society permanently requires more advanced, better performing, and safer energy storage devices. All-solid-state batteries employing halide-based electrolytes have attracted attention due to their promising combination of room-temperature ionic transport, formability, and interfacial compatibility. Within this class, oxychloride compositions offer an additional degree of freedom via...
Block copolymer micelles have been widely studied due to their flexible structure adaptation and their ability to load drugs. Recently, micelles with a positively charged shell have been proposed to complex DNA, enabling efficient gene therapy. To achieve highly tunable morphologies and multi-biological functions, self-assembled micelles from the diblock copolymers PDMAEMA-b-PLMA and the...
High-performance data formats, such as NeXus format, are essential for ensuring interoperability among various facilities and users. NeXus is based on the widely known HDF5 file format with the addition of domain-specific structure for data and metadata that is defined by the scientific community. This approach provides a sufficient level of data description, necessary for its understanding,...
MIEZEPY is an open-source software package designed for the efficient reduction of data acquired in the MIEZE (Modulation of Intensity with Zero Effort) mode. MIEZE is a neutron resonant spin echo technique that enables the measurement of the intermediate scattering function, S(Q, τ), in depolarizing sample environments, such as under high magnetic fields. This technique is implemented at the...
