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