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.

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 ...

Park et al

Spin density wave and van Hove singularity in the kagome metal CeTi3Bi4

Kagome metals with van Hove singularities near the Fermi level can host intriguing quantum phenomena such as chiral loop currents, electronic nematicity, and unconventional superconductivity. However, to our best knowledge, unconventional magnetic states driven by van Hove singularities–like spin-density waves–have not been observed experimentally in kagome metals. Here, we report ...

Mirzaei et al

4D imaging of frost heave and ice lens growth in silt using neutron and x-ray computed tomography

There are substantial changes in soil structure in regions where the soil is freezing. Water movements in the freezing soil introduce level changes beyond what can be expected by the expansion of water when it freezes. The impact of frost heave is seasonal damage to our built environment ...

  • 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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