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Small Angle Neutron Scattering pattern from a flowing self-assembled surfactant system.  The pattern indicates the molecular assembly and how the assembled structure aligns with the flow direction.  The results are being used to engineer better surfactant systems for health care applications.

ACNS 2008 Short Courses

QENS:

A hands-on look at quasielastic neutron scattering for the investigation of mobility in soft condensed matter.

• An introduction to Quasielastic Neutron Scattering
  Dr. J.R.D. Copley (National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST Center for Neutron Research)
• QENS in the energy domain: Backscattering and Time-of-Flight
  Prof. A. Sokolov, Department of Polymer Science, University of Akron
• QENS in the time domain: Hands-on Neutron Spin Echo Spectroscopy
  Dr. A. Faraone, (Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Maryland and National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST Center for Neutron Research)
  • Faraone Handout
  • Faraone Exercise #1
  • Faraone Exercise #2
• Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Neutron Scattering: Polymer Melt and Solution Dynamics
  Prof. G. Smith, Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Utah
• The Influence of trehalsoe on melting and dynamics in dehydrated phospholipids bilayers
  Prof. J. Maranas, Department of Chemical Engineering, Penn State University

• Overview of SANS Technique and Its Application to Soft Matter Research (Paul Butler)
• The Basic Theory of SANS (Wei-Ren Chen)
• Colloid Interactions in Solution (Yun Liu)
• Two Yukawa Fluid Matlab Code (Yun Liu)
• SANS of Soft Colloids and Nanoemulsions (Thom Mason)
• Rheo-SANS: Structure-Property Relations under Flow and Dynamics (Norman Wagner)
• Introduction of Neutron Reflectometry (Greg Smith)
• Off Specular Scattering: What It Can Tell You and What You Need to Know (Bill Hamilton)
• Introduction to Neutron Spin Echo as a Probe of Dynamics in Complex Fluids (Roger Pynn)
• Neutron Reflectometry (Roger Pynn)