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Small
Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) looks primarily at bulk materials. A
SANS measurement can yield information about the size of these
structures, their shape, and how they are ordered. The length scales
probed are from about 0.5 nm to several hundred nm. Our SANS instrument suite comprises LOQ (on Target Station 1) and SANS2D & ZOOM (on
Target Station 2). A new addition to our capability is the technique of
Spin-Echo SANS (SESANS / SEMSANS / Membrane Diffraction) on our LARMOR instrument.
This can measure much larger length scales (many nm to microns) than
conventional SANS, though with some practical limitations on sample
types and count rates.
UPCOMING EVENT:
UKSAS 2026 is planned to be held at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory 8-10th June 2026.
The event will be organised and hosted jointly by the ISIS SANS and Diamond SAXS groups. A more detailed announcement will be published soon but we are looking for members of the UK SAS community to join an external program committee. If you are interested then please contact Steven Parnell (ISIS), Robert Dalgliesh (ISIS) or Andy Smith (Diamond)
Past Events:
Small Angle Scattering Users Meeting 2025
ISIS SANS User Meeting, 30-31/January/2023
Shapespyer Workshop 20-21/February/2023
ISIS Neutron Training Course 28/Feb - 9/Mar/2023
UK-SAS Mailing list:
If you have an interest in small angle scattering and wish to be kept up to date on events organised by ISIS and Diamond as well as other news please subscribe to the UK-SAS mailing list by heading here. UK-SAS
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We also have an extensive array of sample environment apparatus; more details can be found here.
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