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Final reporting J. Bellingham	There will be two reports: Final report and annual report . Annual report covers the last 18.
Access summary J. Bellingham	By the end of the third year… ... Over 1200 scientists used the access programme to do over 900 experiments. ... 21 % of users were female ... The average experiment had 2 users and lasted 5 days. Approximately 45% of users were in the early stages of their careers
Access: Engineering, Archaeology, Earth Sciences and Environment J. Neuhaus	(PDF, 2.920 MB) - Residual Stresses determination in a wheel of the axial compressor of a heavy-duty gas turbine Characterisation of weld start-stop effects Residual Stress in Bonded Crack Retarders Bronze Age Manufacturing Techniques - Conservation of the St. Stephans Cathedral Vienna - Duell pistols of President Monroe - Identification of Hidden Objects of Archaeological Interest: - Late Roman age findings (IV-V century A.D.) from ship wrecks near Sicily (Scoglio della Bottazza) - Etruscan weapons investigated with neutron radiography + diffraction ‘‘Fingerprinting’’ of Ancient Greek Pottery Fragments. - PGAA analysis of bronze fragments and powders of Matelica and Fabriano archaeological areas, Marche - Applicability of prompt gamma activation analysis to glass archaeometry - Highlight: Greek archeology in Delft - Investigation of the internal Th and U radiation dose rate of quartz grains in the quartz coarse-grain protocol of luminescence dating. - PGAA measurements on geological samples. - Sea Chemistry when Complex Live Evolved
Access: Physics (inc. semiconductivity and superconductivity) P. Strunz	(PDF 2.467 MB) HIGHLIGHTS - Muons reveal a cascade of magnetic phase transitions in NaxCoO2 - Muons probe anisotropic electron transport in Alq3 - Muon studies of a bi-layered molecular magnet - Superconductivity in a metalloid cluster system - Results from Transverse-Field - μSR - Neutron Scattering Study of the Field-Dependent Ground State and the Spin Dynamics in Spin-One-Half NH4CuCl3 - Nuclear structure through (n,γγ) reaction - Superconducting vortices in CeCoIn5: towards the Pauli limit - Novel vortex structure - Dynamic ‘‘Rattling’’ Disorder and Thermoelectric Properties - Diffraction with polarised neutrons at TRISP - Crystal and magnetic structure of bismuth manganites - Ground State of the Kagome´ Antiferromagnet
Access: Chemistry, Material Science and Energy M. Blaauw	(PDF 1.555 MB) Chemistry - Surfactant-templated silica composites (UK, SESANS at RID) - Nanoglobule stability in C-S-H gel in Portland cement (Czech republic, SANS and SAXS at BNC) Material Science - Sliding friction damage in magnesium alloys (Poland -> Positrons at RID) - Free-volume in nano-composites with positrons (Crete -> Positrons at RID) - New materials for dental cavity repair (UK -> SESANS at RID) - High strength nanomaterials for high magnetic field coils (France, ND at PSI) - In-situ Formation Studies of Mayenite Electrides (Portugal, ND at PSI) - Muons reveal dynamics about the glass transition (Spain, muons at ISIS) - Muons study hydrogen shallow-donor state behaviour in II-VI nanocrystals (Netherlands & Spain, muons at ISIS) Energy - Borosilicate glasses for UO3 storage (ND in Budapest) - Clays for radioactive waste storage (Switzerland, QENS at FRM-II) - Pd-H catalytic system (??, PGNAA at BENC) - Material for divertor elements fusion reactors (Austria, ND at HMI) - Hydrogen storage material (Norway, PEARL at ISIS) - No solar cell experiments
Access: Soft Matter, Life Sciences, Biotechnology and Medicine R. Willumeit	(PDF, 2.353 MB) - Muon Spectroscopy - Guest Molecule Partitioning in Soft Matter Structures. - Hair and nails reflect body status for many trace elements - Colloidal Assemblies as Tumor-Specific Contrast Agents in MRI - Characterization of the Soluble Nanoparticles Formed through Coulombic Interaction of Bovine Serum Albumin with Anionic Graft Copolymers at Low pH. - Critical adsorption & wetting - Controlled Water Channels Hydration of Lipid Cubic Phase for Drug Delivery. - Mechanism of Dynamic Transition in Proteins. - Heterogeneous polymer brushes and their interaction with proteins. - Polymer Chain Dynamics in Random Environment. - Structure and swelling behavior of hydrophilic epoxy networks investigated by SANS. - Pressure dependence of particle radius analysed by SANS to determine toluene viscosity.
JRA final results:
DETNI B. Gebauer	(PDF, 8.178 MB) Si-MSD: Preliminary prototype setup tested with position readout. Analog test channel and HF-shielding cage needed. Next test at HMI in weeks 34-36 planned. MSGC: HF-shielded prototype successfully tested with analog and 1D-position readout. Clean high-amplitude signals obtained. 2D-readout and calibration software to be completed. Next test at HMI in weeks 34-36. CASCADE: Operational, approaching goal of 1 mm spatial resolution 3 detector-specific ASIC boards: specific ASIC boards: Operational.
MILAND - Advanced detectors for Single crystal diffraction and Reflectometry B. Guerard	(PDF, 1.394 MB) Operational detector of 32 cm x 32 cm, with characterized performances The MILAND MWPC fulfill most of the technical specifications, although some of them remain to be further studied. It will be installed on the D16 ILL instrument for further evaluation with “friendly users” At this stage, we can be already confident that it is the most performing 2D detector ever build for neutron instrumentation There is still room for improvement (counting rate, uniformity, …) Several ideas came out from this project, which will be studied in the future: GSPC-MSGC, multiblades, signal processing, …
NO PST J. Stahn	(PDF, 1.578 MB) - Honeycomb lenses, multi beam, beam conditioning for SANS, solid state devices - Focusing devices (not solid state), more homogenous phase space, optimum transport - Di use scattering, new sputtering techniques, reduce roughness, stress - Phase space transformation, UCN, thermal neutrons by moving monochromators
NSF E. Lelièvre-Berna JRA4 Website	(PDF 2.3MB) Since January 2004, CEA-MDN, FRM-II, FZJ, HMI, ILL and ISIS, have actively developed advanced modular devices with the aim of improving and widening the exploitation of spin filters. This work focusses on the following tasks: - the production of polarised 3He gas using both the spin-exchange (SEOP) and metastability-exchange (MEOP) optical pumping techniques and - the exploitation of the polarised gas on instruments with improved containers and diverse magnetostatic cavities necessary for the slow decay of the 3He polarisation.	9th NSF-JRA meeting
PNT A. Ioffe	(PDF 1.786 MB) - Developments of NSE (NRSE and NSE) technique for an increase in the resolution of inelastic scattering instruments. - Development of thin film based Larmor precession devices - Novel Larmor precession based instrumentation for reflectometry, SANS and diffraction - New Larmor precession based methods - Management, dissemination and explotation
MCNSI - Monte Carlo Simulations for Neutron Scattering Instruments K. Lefmann	(PDF, 0.837 MB) We have fulfilled all milestones… and more than that Due to dedicated and coherent work by all partners… with NMI3 funding as the focal point. Extra bonus: Specialized 10-man task force! Monte Carlo is vital in neutron instrumentation • Through VE, MC is expanding to • Data analysis • Teaching and training • Proposal feasibility Future funding – NMI3 (inside JRAs + network) - Directly from facilities
DLAB T. Forsyth
Muons P. King	(PDF 1.345 MB) Detector development Development of instrument simulation Advanced muon technique development Management and dissemination JRA funding: - enables development of new technologies for muon spectroscopy - fosters collaboration between ISIS and PSI, and with university partners - improves facilities for users at ISIS and PSI A Muon JRA is proposed for FP7 Technologies for high field instruments Developing muon experimental methods: pressure, RF/NMR techniques Muon beamline control and modelling Further collaborative and developmental benefits would be expected from this JRA in FP7	Muon JRA meeting
Current and Future Instrument Development Projects at Oak Ridge L. Robertson	(PDF 2.255 MB) Instrument Development Group INSTRUMENTS: • New Instrument Concepts • Instrument Development Beamlines • Instrument Simulation POLARIZATION: • 3He Polarizers / Spin Filters • Supermirror Polarizers • Heussler Monochromators / Analyzers • Polarized Neutron Techniques NEUTRON OPTICS: • Focusing Optics • Guide Development • Magnetic Focusing and Beam Transport • Monochromator Development
FP7 – feedback H. Schober and R. McGreevy
Networking summary Claver	Networking Activities have helped... ... to spread the results - Central web site: The European neutron and muon Portal; a ‘one stop shop’ for information regarding neutron scattering and muon spectroscopy: news, forums, mailing list with more than 600 registrations, calendar of events, picture gallery, library and ... ... the Neutron Pathfinder giving access to a database of more than 120 neutron instruments in -European centres, that are open to external scientists. - Advertising: 4 leaflets reporting NMI3 work has been distributed with the Italian journal ‘Notiziario Neutroni e Luci di Sincrotrone’. -12 Advertisements on Neutron News. - Regular articles on NMI3 activities have been published on the italian journal and the Neutron News. - Connection to other I3. I3 net - Meetings of the NMI3 General Assembly. ... to expand the use of neutron scattering and muon spectroscopy in Europe - More than 400.000 euros will finally have been devoted to training activities. - 8 call for proposals have provided support for 32 schools and 33 workshops, including the most prestigious European neutron and muon schools. An online evaluation reveals the high quality of these events. ... to plan for the future NMI3 has supported a series of foresight studies organized jointly by European, American and Japanese scientific institutions, to elaborate a common strategy for the development of neutron scattering.	Have a look to the and to the Overview video
Meeting summary, future and AOB H. Schober and R. McGreevy