The PSI Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging conducts cutting-edge research at the Swiss Spallation Neutron Source SINQ.
Lab News & Scientific Highlights
Hydrogen bonding exacerbates viscoelasticity of amino acid– and betaine surfactant self-assemblies
Many day-to-day materials rely on formulations of surfactants to control flow, texture and application. Inspired by the pairing of bases between DNA strands, we demonstrate enhanced control ...
In-situ neutron tomography study of a dehydrating and hydrating packed bed for thermochemical heat storage
To study the heat and water vapor transport and reaction kinetics in a packed bed of thermo-chemical material on both reactor and tablet level, an in-situ neutron imaging study of a dehydrating and subsequently hydrating packed bed consisting of cylindrical K2 CO3 tablets was performed at the Paul Scherrer Institute ...
Field-Induced Magnon Decay, Magnon Shadows, and Rotonlike Excitations in the Honeycomb Antiferromagnet YbBr3
The search for new quantum many-body phenomena in magnetic materials has a strong focus on highly frustrated systems and the resulting quantum spin-liquid state. However, even unfrustrated magnetic materials show a multitude of unconventional features in their spin excitation spectra. By using the synergy of ...
Recent publications
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Deptuch A, Baran S, Keller L, Hayyu AR, Szytuła A
Magnetoelastic effect in R5Pt2In4 (R = Tb–Tm) investigated by neutron powder diffraction
Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials. 2025; 81: 528-532. https://doi.org/10.1107/S205252062500900X
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Nikitin SE, Andriushin ND, Fjellvåg S, Pomjakushina E, Turrini AA, Artyukhin S, et al.
Competition between multiferroic and magnetic soliton lattice states in DyFeO3
Physical Review Research. 2025; 7(4): 043173 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/kwrl-x4hw
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Titov I, Bersweiler M, Adams MP, Sinaga EP, Rai V, Liščák Š, et al.
Spin-disorder-induced angular anisotropy in polarized magnetic neutron scattering
Physical Review Letters. 2025; 135(19): 196706 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/5yc2-pv4y
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