Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging (LNS)

The PSI Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging conducts cutting-edge research at the Swiss Spallation Neutron Source SINQ.

Lutz-Bueno et al

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  ...

Rose et al

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 ...

Hernandez et al

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 ...

  • Herringer SN, Welten RL, Biner D, Hauser J, Krämer KW
    Copper(II) complexes with 4,4′-bipyridine: from 1D to 3D lattices
    Inorganics. 2025; 13(12): 400 (17 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics13120400
    DORA PSI
  • Di Bert S, Benard P, Jia R, Wankmüller FJP, Azad S, Kaestner A, et al.
    Early signals of water limitations begin at the root–soil interface: linking rhizosphere drying to water uptake decline
    New Phytologist. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70879
    DORA PSI
  • Walicka DI, Blacque O, Gornicka K, White JS, Klimczuk T, Von Rohr FO
    Magnetism in EuAlSi and the Eu1−xSrxAlSi solid solution
    Physical Review Research. 2025; 7(3): 033126 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/69sn-hpxm
    DORA PSI