The suite of small-angle neutron scattering instruments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Heller, William T.; Cuneo, Matthew J.; Debeer-Schmitt, Lisa M.; Do, Changwoo; He, Lilin; Heroux, Luke; Littrell, Kenneth; Pingali, Sai Venkatesh; Qian, Shuo; Stanley, Christopher; Urban, Volker S.; Wu, Bin; Bras, Wim

doi:10.1107/S1600576718001231

Title: The suite of small-angle neutron scattering instruments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Journal Article · 21 February 2018 · Journal of Applied Crystallography (Online)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576718001231 · OSTI ID:1435304

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Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory is home to the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR), a high-flux research reactor, and the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), the world's most intense source of pulsed neutron beams. The unique co-localization of these two sources provided an opportunity to develop a suite of complementary small-angle neutron scattering instruments for studies of large-scale structures: the GP-SANS and Bio-SANS instruments at the HFIR and the EQ-SANS and TOF-USANS instruments at the SNS. This article provides an overview of the capabilities of the suite of instruments, with specific emphasis on how they complement each other. As a result, a description of the plans for future developments including greater integration of the suite into a single point of entry for neutron scattering studies of large-scale structures is also provided.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1435304

Journal Information:: Journal of Applied Crystallography (Online), Vol. 51, Issue 2; ISSN 1600-5767

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Country of Publication:: United States

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