The PSI Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging conducts cutting-edge research at the Swiss Spallation Neutron Source SINQ.
Lab News & Scientific Highlights
Generating structured foam via flowing through a wire array
Efficient manufacturing methods could unlock foams with tailored, anisotropic properties. Conventional foam production methods rely on the self-arrangement of bubbles, typically leading to isotropic materials, or involve intricate additive layering processes. This study presents a simple, passive technique to modify the foam structure. A set of thin parallel wires ...
Retirement of Christof Niedermayer
On 30th July 2025, Christof Niedermayer retired after nearly 40 years working in science and good part of it at the Laboratory for Neutron Scattering & Imaging.
Hydration- and Temperature-Dependent Rotational Dynamics and Water Diffusion in Nanocellulose
Nanocellulose is a promising alternative to fossil-derived materials, but its development is hindered by a limited understanding of cellulose–water interactions. Herein, quasielastic neutron scattering (QENS) is used to investigate how hydration and temperature affect the localized rotations in cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) and the diffusion of mobile water. QENS reveals ...
Recent publications
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Thilakan KK, Ghorai S, Liu W, Häggström L, Lindgren F, Pomjakushin V, et al.
Revealing complex magnetic interactions in Fe2P-based compounds: a study using Mössbauer spectroscopy and neutron diffraction
Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2025; 13(36): 30128-30139. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ta03047a
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Ruiz-Bardillo A, Asenjo-Sanz I, Verde-Sesto E, Porcar L, Kohlbrecher J, Pomposo JA, et al.
Bond-reversibility effects on self-crowding of unimacromolecular nano-objects
ACS Macro Letters. 2025; 14: 1389-1395. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.5c00512
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Mokhtari P, Galeski S, Stockert U, Behera L, Nikitin SE, Wawrzyńczak R, et al.
1/5 and 1/3 magnetization plateaux in the spin 1/2 Chain System YbAlO3
Physical Review Letters. 2025; 135(7): 076704 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/grfl-37g2
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