Work Package 7
CONDENSED MATTER SCIENCE
high-performance materials, such as self-healing polymers and improved concrete;
Work Packages main aim
From probing the structures of new sustainable materials, to exposing the dynamics of proteins, cold neutrons are perfectly suited to a host of condensed-matter studies. They penetrate deep into samples, and, unlike other probes such as X-rays, can detect the influence of light atoms among those that are heavier. Some neutron techniques will benefit particularly from a second ESS source of cold, very cold and ultra-cold neutrons at very high intensity: neutron spin-echo, small-angle neutron scattering and neutron imaging. In this work package, led by the Paul Scherrer Institut in Villigen, Switzerland, experts in the field will identify the best ways that instruments can exploit these techniques for unprecedented research into, for example:
