NEUTRON SPIN ECHO FOR THE NATION

 

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A world-class Neutron Spin Echo Spectrometer for the Nation: UD-NIST -UMD Consortium NSF Proposal 1935956

This award from the Midscale Research Instrumentation -1 program supports the acquisition, implementation and commissioning of a world-class neutron spin echo spectrometer for the nation. The University of Delaware’s Center for Neutron Science working together with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Center for Neutron Research and the University of Maryland are creating a world-class neutron spin echo spectrometer to strengthen U.S. research infrastructure with substantial benefit to the soft matter, biological sciences, and engineering research communities. (continue reading…)

New Neutron Spin Echo Spectrometer at the NIST CNS Research

 

July 7, 2025

The newly commissioned neutron spin echo (ν-NSE) spectrometer at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) represents a significant advancement in the study of slow dynamics in complex materials. Developed through a collaboration between the University of Delaware’s Center for Neutron Science (CNS), NIST, and the University of Maryland, and funded by the National Science Foundation’s Mid-scale Research Infrastructure program (award # 1935956), this instrument greatly enhances the capabilities of the US research community in soft matter, biological sciences, engineering, and magnetic materials. (featured in Innovation News Network) continue reading….

NSE PROJECT COMPLETION

 

Neutron Spin Echo Spectrometer for the Nation

September 30, 2024

NSF Midscale Research Instrumentation -1 Program #1935956 “A world-class Neutron Spin Echo Spectrometer for the Nation: UD-NIST -UMD Consortium” at the 5 year mark (on time and on budget), with the instrument at the NIST Center for Neutron Research and many (but not all) of the scientists, engineers, technicians and students who worked on this project over the past 5 years. We look forward to warm commissioning in 2025 and users on the instrument as the NIST research reactor restarts operation.

2024 Neutron Spectroscopy Tutorial

 

High-resolution Methods for Soft Matter Dynamic Investigation

June 23, 2024

This tutorial is primarily aimed at graduate students, postdocs, and young faculty working on soft matters who are interested in the unique capabilities offered by backscattering and neutron spin-echo spectrometers to probe the dynamics of their systems at the nanoscale. CLICK HERE for more details and to register.

NEUTRONS & FOOD CONFERENCE

 

June 10-14, 2024

Neutrons & Food 7 (NF7) at The Tower, University of Delaware Star campus
NF7 will promote a dialogue between researchers and food research/industry. Attracting international participants, the conference welcomes contributions from the wide community of food science and product development, food packaging, quality control and nutrition, as well as neutron users and researchers. Experts on complementary techniques interested in strengthening their use of neutron research are also welcome. This is an exciting opportunity for you and your organization to join the first time that this biannual conference takes place in the United States. CLICK HERE for more details on how to submit an abstract, sponsor the meeting or register.

SasView Contributor Camp Workshop

 

January 16-22, 2024

The CNS in collaboration with NIST partners is hosting the XIIth SasView Contributor Camp at the University of Delaware during the Winter term: Jan 16-22, 2024. This international workshop will bring together students to senior SAS practitioners, and researchers to software developers, to work together as a community for 7 days to advance the state of the widely used SasView program for the analysis of small angle scattering data. This event will be held on the 3rd floor of the Fintech building. continue….