Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging (LNS)

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

Betet et al

Understanding and Addressing the Performance Asymmetry Issue in Semitransparent Laminated Organic Photovoltaic Devices

Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) offer a promising solution for indoor energy harvesting. However, fundamental investigations to understand and optimize industrial processes such as roll-to-roll lamination for upscaling remain limited. This study investigates a critical failure mode in the upscaling of OPVs. 

One major challenge ...

Morano et al

Absence of Altermagnetic Magnon Band Splitting in MnF2

Altermagnets are collinear compensated magnets in which the magnetic sublattices are related by rotation rather than translation or inversion. One of the quintessential properties of altermagnets is the presence of split chiral magnon modes. Recently, such modes have been predicted in MnF2

Here, we report inelastic neutron scattering results ...

  • Sun Q, Yuan Y, Zhong Y, Lutz-Bueno V, Zhou J, Thorwarth K, et al.
    Thermo-responsive liquid crystalline phases of cellulose nanocrystals with polymer brushes
    Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 2025; 699: 138073 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2025.138073
    DORA PSI
  • Beket G, Zubayer A, Pap L, Lai H, Bairagi S, Jain N, et al.
    Understanding and addressing the performance asymmetry issue in semitransparent laminated organic photovoltaic devices
    Advanced Functional Materials. 2025: 2502951 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202502951
    DORA PSI
  • Moody SH, Littlehales MT, Mayoh DA, Balakrishnan G, Alba Venero D, Hatton PD, et al.
    Deterministic control of nanomagnetic spiral trajectories using an electric field
    Nature Communications. 2025; 16(1): 5269 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60288-1
    DORA PSI