2012 NCNR/NSF Summer School Course Materials
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The lecture presentations will be posted here as they come available.
Introduction to Neutron Scattering
Roger Pynn of Los Alamos National Laboratories has written a thorough series of lectures intended as an introduction to neutron scattering.
- Neutron Scattering - A Primer (PDF, 12.3MB) by Roger Pynn
- LECTURE 1: Introduction & Neutron Scattering “Theory”
- LECTURE 2: Neutron Scattering Instrumentation & Facilities
- Small Angle Neutron Scattering - Lecture Notes (PDF, 1.61MB) by Roger Pynn
Experimental Handouts
- NSE Experiment Handout - Shape fluctuations of a spherical surfactant shell in a microemulsion
- Reflectivity Experiment Handout - Interdiffusion in Thin Polymer Films
- NG3 SANS Experiment Handout - Small-Angle Neutron Scattering From SDS Micelles in Water
- NG7 SANS Experiment Handout - In situ Neutron Scattering Study of Structural Transitions in Fibrin Networks Under Shear Deformation
- USANS Experiment Handout - SANS and USANS Investigation of Oil Uptake by Midellar Gels
Lectures
- Neutron Reflectivity and its Applications in Soft Condensed Matter - Bulent Akgun
- VSANS Instrument Overview - John Barker
- Introduction to Neutron Spin Echo Spectroscopy - Antonio Faraone
- Basic Elements of Neutron Inelastic Scattering - Peter Gehring
- SANS Basics - Boualem Hammouda
- Organic Photovoltaics and Phase Sensitive NR - Brian Kirby
- Health Physics - Keith Consani
- Scattering, Diffraction, Material Particles and Waves - Chuck Majkrzak
- Science With Neutrons - Dan Neumann
- Future Reflectometers: MAGIK and CANDOR - Brian Maranville
- How Neutrons Are Produced - Robert Williams
- Lipid Bilayers and Membrane Dynamics: Insight into Thickness Fluctuation - Andrea Woodka
Invited Talks
- Uses of USANS - Andrew Jackson (ESS)
- Neutrons in Soft Matter - Hideki Seto (KEK)
- Water at Polymer Interfaces - Bryan D. Vogt (University of Akron)
Student Presentations
- Group 1 Presentation - Ultra Small-Angle Neutron Scattering
- Group 2 Presentation - Small-Angle Neutron Scattering
- Group 3 Presentation - Reflectivity
- Group 4 Presentation - Neutron Spin Echo