2010 NCNR/NSF Summer School Course Materials
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The lecture presentations will be posted here as they come available.
Andrew Jackson has written an Introduction to the theory of Small-Angle Neutron Scattering and Neutron Reflectometry to give a solid background of the two techniques.
Student Presentations
Lectures and Invited Talks
- Diffraction With Props - Chuck Majkrzak
- Small Angle Neutron Scattering Basics - Boualem Hammouda
- Neutron Reflectivity Basics - Chuck Majkrzak
- Neutron Reflectivity Basics - Brian Kirby
- Science With Neutrons - Dan Neumann
- What is Health Physics? - Health Physics
- Neutron Scattering for Polymer R&D in the Petrochemical Industry - Alex Norman, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering
- Determining the Structure of Bio-membranes by Neutron Diffraction and Reflectometry - Ella Mihailescu
- Probing Magnetic Structure With 3D Sensitivity Using Polarized SANS - Kathryn Krycka
- SANS Under Deformation and Flow: Principles and Measurements - Matt Helgeson, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Modulation Doping of Ferromagnetism in Manganite Superlattices - Tiffany Santos, Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory
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
- Surface Reflection - Lecture Notes (PDF, 763kb) by Roger Pynn
- Small Angle Neutron Scattering - Lecture Notes (PDF, 1.61MB) by Roger Pynn
Experimental Handouts
- AND/R Experiment Handout - Neutron Reflectivity investigation of the structure of a phospholipid bilayer membrane using the Advanced Neutron Diffractometer / Reflectometer (AND/R).
- NG1 Reflectometer Experiment Handout - Modulated Magnetism in a Nanostructured Butterfly Manganite: Over what distance can we spread charge through delta-doping?
- NG7 Reflectometer Experiment Handout - Interdiffusion in Thin Polymer Films
- NG3 SANS Experiment #1 Handout - Magnetic Structure of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Using SANS
- NG3 SANS Experiment #2 and #3 Handout - Shear Banding in Wormlike Micellar Solutions
- NG7 SANS Experiment Handout - Phase Transitions in Polymeric and Micellar Systems
- USANS Experiment Handout - SANS and USANS Investigation of Oil Uptake by Micellar Gels