LLB call for proposals: deadline October 1^st

The next deadline for neutron beam time request to perform neutron scattering experiments at LLB-Orphee is October 1^st.

04/09/2014

The next session of 2014's Selection Committees at the Laboratoire Leon Brillouin (LLB, CEA-Saclay, France) for neutron diffraction experiments to be performed end of 2014 will take place soon. The deadline for submission of proposals for beam time allocation on the spectrometers installed around the ORPHEE reactor is the 1^st of October 2014.

You will find all the necessary information’s on this call on the LLB webpage .

Some news:

• The new neutron radiography station Imagine and our new high resolution powder diffraction PHR-G44 are now open to users.

• The Eros reflectometer is upgraded and transfer to a new beamport. It transforms into Hermes (Horizontal Enhanced Reflectometer for the Measurement of Surfaces)

LLB is part of the NMI3 Access Programme . Users from eligible countries might be supported by reimbursement of travel and accommodation costs.

On the way to more efficient boron-10 detectors

A team in CEA Saclay is working on a new detector that uses boron-10 instead of helium-3. Click here to read the article.

Update on the advanced neutron tools for soft and bio-materials JRA

Annie Brûlet, the coordinator of this Joint Research Activity, told us about this collaboration’s main goals and achievements. Click here to read the article .

Nanostructure and Cleaning Mechanism of Innovative Media for Polymer Removal from Artworks: a SANS study

In the past, synthetic polymers have been improperly applied as protective coatings to painted surfaces. Instead of preserving the paintings, these substances promoted a series of complex degradation mechanisms. Click here to read the article .