Summer School on the Fundamentals of Neutron Scattering

The following documents are in PDF format. You can download the free Adobe Reader to view them.

The lecture presentations will be posted here as they come available.

Introduction to Neutron Scattering

Roger Pynn of Indiana University, Bloomington has written a thorough series of lectures intended as an introduction to neutron scattering.

An expanded collection of slides and videos are available on an IU website.

• Neutron Scattering - A Primer (PDF, 12.3MB)
• LECTURE 1: Introduction & Neutron Scattering “Theory”
• LECTURE 2: Neutron Scattering Instrumentation & Facilities
• LECTURE 3: Surface Reflection
• LECTURE 5: Small Angle Neutron Scattering - Lecture Notes (PDF, 1.61MB)
• LECTURE 6: Inelastic Scattering

Experimental Handouts

• NG7 SANS Gas Loading Handout - Methane adsorption in model mesoporous material (Expts. 1 & 2)
• NG7 SANS Magnetism Handout - Using SANS to Investigate Chaining of Bio-Magnetic Nanoparticles (Expt. 3)
• NGB30m SANS Handout - Effect of Ethanol Cosurfactant on SDS Micelles Nanostructure
• NGB10m SANS Handout - µRheoSANS of Wormlike Micelle Solutions
• BT5 USANS Handout - Gelation of spherical colloidal systems with bridging attractions
• NG7 Reflectometer Handout - Interdiffusion in Thin Polymer Films
• MAGIK Reflectometer Handout - Neutron Reflectivity investigation of the structure of a phospholipid bilayer membrane and a membrane-associated protein.
• PBR Reflectometer Handout - Magnetic Localization in a Compositionally Graded Ferromagnet

Staff and Invitied Talks

• SANS Basics - Boualem Hammouda (NCNR)
• Neutron Reflectivity - Chuck Majkrzak (NCNR)