The PSI Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging conducts cutting-edge research at the Swiss Spallation Neutron Source SINQ.
Lab News & Scientific Highlights
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 ...
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.
Recent publications
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Berry T, Morano VC, Halloran T, Zhang X, Slade TJ, Sapkota A, et al.
Formation of a simple cubic antiferromagnet through charge ordering in a double Dirac material
Physical Review B. 2025; 112(15): 155139 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/5cdt-yhnx
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Ajeesh MO, Scheie AO, Liu Y, Keller L, Thomas SM, Rosa PFS, et al.
Pressure evolution of coplanar antiferromagnetism in heavy-fermion Ce2CoAl7Ge4
Physical Review B. 2025; 112(7): 075155 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/73sf-r86t
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Burri C, Hua N, Ferreira Sanchez D, Hu W, Bell HG, Venturini R, et al.
Imaging of electrically controlled van der Waals layer stacking in 1T-TaS2
Nature Communications. 2025; 16: 10296 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65212-1
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