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 ...

  • 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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