Summer School on Neutron Small Angle Scattering and Reflectometry

NIST Center for Neutron Research
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899

June 26-30, 2006

Introductory Material

For an introduction to neutron scattering take a look at neutron scattering - A PRIMER by Roger Pynn, LAUR-95-3840, Los Alamos Science, Vol. 19, 1990.

In addition, tutorials on SANS and Neutron Reflectometry can be found at these links on the NCNR website.

Experiment Handouts

NG3 SANS: Free Chains and Micelles of a Triblock Copolymer in Water

NG7 SANS: Self-assembly in binary phospholipids mixtures

USANS: Characterization of Void Growth in High Temperature Fatigued Copper

NG1NR: Chemical and Magnetic Depth Profiles of Magnetic Multilayers Instrument: NG1 Reflectometer

NG7NR: Langmuir Monolayer Study of Tethered Polymer Brushes

ANDR: Neutron Diffraction Analysis of the Structure of a Phospholipid Bilayer Membrane with Deuterated Hydrocarbon Chains using the Advanced Neutron Diffractometer/Reflectometer (AND/R)

Course Presentations

• Why Diffraction, Why Neutrons?
• Elements of Neutron Diffraction
• Health Physics Instruction
• Basic Scattering at Small Q in Different Geometries: Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) and Neutron Reflectometry (NR): Elementary Theory and Practice with Simple Illustrative Examples
• Lecture on Analysis of SANS Data
• Lecture on Analysis of NR and Diffraction Data. Also Supplemental diffraction information.
• Applications of NR I
• Applications of SANS I
• Applications of NR II
• Applications of SANS II
• Advanced Topics of NR
• Advanced Topics of SANS

Student Presentations

• Red team - NG-3 SANS: Tri-block Copolymer Monomer to Micelle Transitions with Change in Temperature
• Orange Team - ANDR: Determining Structure and Composition of a Model Phospholipid Bilayer
• Yellow Team - NG7 SANS: Self-Assembly of Binary Phospholipids Mixtures
• Green Team - NG7 Reflectometer: Langmuir Monolayer study of tethered polymer brushes
• Blue Team - USANS: Characterization of Void Growth in High Temperature Fatigued Copper through USANS
• Purple Team - NG1 Nreflectometer: Magnetic Depth Profiling of Al₂O₃/Fe/Si Structure using NG-1 Cold Neutron Reflectometer

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