What is Small-Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS)? Small-Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) is a powerful analytical technique used to characterize the structure and properties of materials at the nanoscale.

Small-angle scattering techniques, including SAXS and SANS, have become indispensable tools for characterising the overall shapes and conformational dynamics of macromolecules in solution. By ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. Small angle neutron scattering (SANS) is a powerful ...

Neutron diffraction and small-angle neutron scattering techniques can assess residual stress in and the microstructure of hydrocarbon pipelines. Neutron diffraction and small-angle neutron scattering ...

What is Small-Angle X-ray Scattering? Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) is a powerful analytical technique used to study the structural properties of materials at the nanoscale. It involves the ...

A beam of “twisted” neutrons with a well-defined orbital angular momentum (OAM) has been created by researchers in Canada and the US. This was done by passing a neutron beam from a nuclear reactor ...

Using small angle neutron and X-ray scattering, researchers from the European Spallation Source and RWTH Aachen University have compared the nanostructure of gluten-free and normal spaghetti, finding ...

Using HFIR's Biological Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Instrument (Bio-SANS) and SNS's Neutron Spin Echo Spectrometer (NSE), the team studied three different pulmonary surfactant models —a mixture of ...

A Danish effort to bring neutron and X-ray scattering expertise to companies has reaped benefits for the dairy industry, and participants aren’t letting the grass grow under their feet. Erik Brok and ...

Unless you're interested in isotopic labeling, neutrons don't figure much into chemistry. Neutral in charge and a bit bigger than a proton, the neutron neither gives an atom its name nor determines ...

Dr. Lester Barnsley, instrument scientist at Forschungszentrum Juelich, at the small-angle neutron scattering system KWS-1 of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research ...