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| RECENT RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS |
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HOT PAPER!
New materials for hydrogen storage undergo
intense scrutiny with NCNR instruments
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Hope for arthritic joints -- probing a surprisingly tough hydrogel
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news article
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Neutron tomography gives 3D images of water in a proton
exchange membrane fuel cell.
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NIST and Northwestern University scientists use scattering methods to elucidate the structure of a crucial component of concrete.
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| Neutron Techniques |
Crystallography The diffraction of neutrons from a crystalline sample
furnishes
information about the structural arrangement of the atoms
that compose
it. |
| Reflectometry probes the nanoscale structure of surfaces and
interfaces |
| Small Angle Neutron Scattering is a powerful method for characterizing the
nanoscale structure of solids, liquids, plastics, and
macromolecules. |
| Spectroscopy The energy scale of neutrons ( meV ) makes them ideal probes of
the dynamics of materials. |
| Chemical Analysis Several nuclear methods are used at the NCNR, including prompt-gamma neutron
activation analysis, instrumental neutron activation analysis, and cold-neutron depth
profiling |
| Other Methods Neutron interferometry,
neutron radiography, and
fundamental physics using neutrons are
active research areas at the NCNR |
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The Center For High Resolution Neutron Scattering (CHRNS),
supported by the National Science Foundation and NIST, is an important component of the NCNR, providing users with
access to six neutron scattering instruments.
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NEWS FOR NCNR USERS
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The NCNR web pages, including the IMS system,
will be unavailable on May 17th, 2008 from 7:00 A.M. until 7:00 P.M..
If you have any questions about this outage, due to a planned maintenance at the
NIST Central Computing Facilities, please contact
the NCNR-IMS email help desk.
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| NCNR Seminar Schedule |
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Live Data! - NEW!
Live data coming in on selected instruments can now be viewed from this website! details
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Sample Environment Proposals - NEW!
Funding is offered to jointly develop sample environment equipment for research at the NCNR. The submission deadline is May 30, 2008. details
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Summer School on Neutron Small Angle Scattering and Reflectometry
- NEW!
The Fourteenth Annual Summer School on neutron scattering will
be held at the NCNR June 23-27, 2008. For more information and to apply
to attend the school, click here.
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PROPOSALS UNDER REVIEW
The latest proposal deadline, March 18, 2008, has passed. Sucessful proposals will be allocated instrument time from June 2008 through January 2009.
We have posted some proposal statistics summarizing the
last four calls.
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NCNR Expansion Initiative
A significant expansion of the NCNR is underway.
The project comprises development of a new cold neutron moderator, and a new guide hall with five state-of-the-art instruments.
A workshop was held on July 17-19, 2006.
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American Conference on Neutron Scattering
ACNS 2008 will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico May 11-15, 2008. The deadline for abstract submission has passed.
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NCNR website comments: ncnrweb@nist.gov
Technical inquiries: ncnr@nist.gov
Or mail to:
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
100 Bureau Drive, MS 6100
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-6100.
General NIST inquiries:
Public Inquiries Unit:
(301) 975-NIST (6478)
TTY (301) 975-8295
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