FACILITIES
Cold Neutrons in Biology and Technology (CNBT)
 The proposed 2-axis neutron reflectometer/diffractometer on the NIST cold neutron source, based on the NG1 reflectometer and a new 2-D proportional counter (Blasie, Majkrzak-NIST, and collaborators). |
Location: NIST
Coordinator: Prof. J. Kent Blasie (Chemistry) 215/898-6208
e-mail: jkblasie@sas.upenn.edu
Synchrotron X-ray Scattering:
LRSM was a charter member of the Complex Materials Consortium (CMC), comprised of scientists from Penn, Princeton, UC Santa Barbara, Brookhaven National Laboratory (Physics) and ExxonMobil Research Corporation. This consortium secured funding (DOE, NSF & institutional) to establish the undulator and bending-magnet beamlines at Sector 9 of the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory. The undulator beamline was equipped with end-station instrumentation for small-angle x-ray scattering, liquid-surface scattering and inelastic x-ray scattering, and the bending-magnet beamline was equipped with end-station instrumentation for x-ray absorption spectroscopy.
Following the initial construction phase and subsequent operations of these facilities by the CMC spanning a 12-year period, the APS more recently took over the operation of Sector 9 at the direction of the DOE in January, 2006. At present, J.K. Blasie chairs the Advisory Committee for Sector 9 at the APS. He is also the Principal Investigator on a Partner User Agreement, overseeing the continuing development of the Liquid-Surface Scattering instrument, and thereby gains "partner user" regular access to this instrument essential to his NSF, DOE & NIH funded research.
Neutron Reflectivity:
LRSM was a charter member of the Cold Neutron in Biology and Technology Consortium (CNBT), comprised of scientists from Penn, UC Irvine and the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST). This consortium secured funding (NIH) to establish a new neutron reflectometer/diffractometer (ANDR) on the cold source at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR). Following the construction phase and initial operations of the ANDR instrument by the CNBT, the NCNR now operates the instrument. J.K. Blasie maintains "collaborative user" regular access to this instrument essential to his NSF, DOE & NIH funded research.