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.

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 ...

Graham et al

Tailoring the Normal and Superconducting State Properties of Ternary Scandium Tellurides, Sc6MTe2 (M = Fe, Ru, and Ir) Through Chemical Substitution

The pursuit of a unifying theory for non-BCS superconductivity has faced significant challenges. One approach to overcome such challenges is to perform systematic investigations into superconductors containing d-electron metals in order to elucidate their underlying mechanisms. Recently, the Sc6MTe2 (M = d-electron metal) family has emerged as a unique series of isostructural compounds exhibiting superconductivity across a range of 3d, 4d, and 5d electron systems. 

In this study, muon spin rotation, neutron diffraction, and magnetization techniques are employed to probe ...

Wang et al

Achieving Uniform Phase Structure for Layer-by-Layer Processed Binary Organic Solar Cells with 20.2% Efficiency

Layer-by-layer (LBL) deposition has become a facile and promising method to fabricate highly efficient organic solar cells (OSCs). However, characterization and optimization of 3D morphology remain a grand challenge for LBL- processed active layers, and their correlation with photovoltaic properties of OSC devices is not clear to date. 

Here, to address this issue, ...

  • Li Y, Wu D, Shu Y, Liu B, Stuhr U, Deng G, et al.
    Neutron spin resonance near a Lifshitz transition in overdoped Ba0.4K0.6Fe2As2
    Chinese Physics Letters. 2025; 42(6): 067405 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/0256-307X/42/6/067405
    DORA PSI
  • Xie M, Zhang Z, Zhuo W, Xu W, Zhu J, Embs J, et al.
    Dominant Kitaev interaction and field-induced quantum phase transitions in triangular-lattice KCeSe2
    Physical Review Research. 2025; 7(2): 023198 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.7.023198
    DORA PSI
  • Quintero Castro DL, Kademane AB, Pregelj M, Toft-Petersen R, Mazzone DG, Tucker GS, et al.
    Pseudodoublet ground state of the non-Kramers compound SrTm2⁢O4 and its frustrated antiferromagnetic interactions
    Physical Review B. 2025; 111(22): 224409 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.111.224409
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