One-Day Tutorial Materials

Small Angle Neutron Scattering Tutorials 2009

NG3 SANS

This tutorial is based around an experiment examining the phase behavior of a pluronic surfactant. The lectures can be found here.

NG7 SANS

• Magnetic SANS Theory

BT-5 USANS

This tutorial is based around an experiment examining oil uptake by micellar gels.

• Tutorial Schedule
• USANS at the NCNR
• Solubilization Capacity of a Crosslinked Micellar Gel
• Tutorial Experiment Details
  • Spreadsheet for tutorial calculations
  • Zip file of tutorial data

Reflectometry Tutorials 2009

NG1 Reflectometer

The NG1 tutorial focused on using polarized neutrons to resolve a multilayer sample of magnetic and nonmagnetic metals.

Polarization Analysis of Specular Neutron Reflectivity - Brian Kirby

ANDR

The ANDR tutorial showed students how AND-R is able to resolve membrane protein sizes.

Neutron Reflectometry for Studying Membrane Proteins - Frank Heinrich

NG7 Reflectometer

For the NG7 tutorial, polymers on surfaces were studied.

Polymers on Surfaces for Neutron Reflectivity - Bulent Argun

Neutron Spectroscopy Tutorial Presentations 2009-10

Triple Axis Tutuorial Presentations

All triple axis tutorial information is available at http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/instruments/bt7_new/TAStutorialsummerschool.html.

Neutron Spectroscopy Tutorial Presentations 2007-08

DCS (Disk Chopper Spectrometer) Tutorial Presentations

• Neutron scattering and dynamics
• Time-of-flight spectroscopy and the Disk Chopper Spectrometer
• Gas Adsorption in Metal Organic Frameworks : an experiment using the NCNR Disk Chopper Spectrometer
• Science using the Disk Chopper Spectrometer

HFBS (High Flux Backscattering Spectrometer) Tutorial Presentations

• Guide to a HFBS experiment
• HFBS Experimental talk
• What can be done using HFBS
• Mechanics of HFBS

NSE (Neutron Spin Echo) Tutorial Presentations

• How to reduce NSE data to I(Q,t)
• What can be done using Neutron Spin Echo
• Complex systems
• Magnetic Spin Echo Experiments
• Incoherent Quasielastic Neutron Scattering with NSE

SPINS (Spin Polarized Inelastic Neutron Scattering) Tutorial Presentations

• The Magnetic Phase Transition and Spin Fluctuations in the Geometrically Frustrated Antiferromagnetic Spinel CdCr2O4: An Experiment using the SPINS Triple-Axis Spectrometer
• Choosing the Right Spectrometer