Next-generation diamond cell and applications to single-crystal neutron diffraction

Haberl, Bianca; Dissanayake, Sachith E.; Wu, Yan; Myles, Dean A. A.; Moreira Dos Santos, Antonio F.; Loguillo, Mark; Rucker, Gerald M.; Armitage, Douglas P.; Cochran, Malcolm J.; Andrews, Katie M.; Hoffmann, Christina; Cao, Huibo; Matsuda, Masaaki; Meilleur, Flora; Ye, Feng; Molaison, Jamie J.; Boehler, Reinhard

doi:10.1063/1.5031454

Title: Next-generation diamond cell and applications to single-crystal neutron diffraction

Journal Article · 21 September 2018 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5031454 · OSTI ID:1474626

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Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate; North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States). Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate; Carnegie Institution for Sciences, Washington, DC (United States). Geophysical Laboratory

In this paper, a diamond cell optimized for single-crystal neutron diffraction is described. It is adapted for work at several of the single-crystal diffractometers of the Spallation Neutron Source and the High Flux Isotope Reactor at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). A simple spring design improves portability across the facilities and affords load maintenance from offline pressurization and during temperature cycling. Compared to earlier prototypes, pressure stability of polycrystalline diamond (Versimax®) has been increased through double-conical designs and ease of use has been improved through changes to seat and piston setups. These anvils allow ~30%-40% taller samples than possible with comparable single-crystal anvils. Hydrostaticity and the important absence of shear pressure gradients have been established with the use of glycerin as a pressure medium. Large single-crystal synthetic diamonds have also been used for the first time with such a clamp-diamond anvil cell for pressures close to 20 GPa. The cell is made from a copper beryllium alloy and sized to fit into ORNL’s magnets for future ultra-low temperature and high-field studies. Finally, we show examples from the Spallation Neutron Source’s SNAP and CORELLI beamlines and the High Flux Isotope Reactor’s HB-3A and IMAGINE beamlines.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Energy Frontier Research in Extreme Environments (EFree); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; SC0001057

OSTI ID:: 1474626

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1471797

Journal Information:: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 89, Issue 9; ISSN 0034-6748

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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