Neutron Reflectometry
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Neutron Reflectometry is a laboratory technique, similar to the often complementary techniques of X-ray reflectivity and ellipsometry.
The technique involved shining a highly collimated beam of neutrons onto an extremely flat surface and examining the intensity of reflected radiation as a function of angle.
The Abeles matrix formalism is often used to describe the specular signal arising from the interface.
The technique provides valuable information over a wide variety of scientific and technological applications including chemical aggregation, polymer and surfactant adsorption, structure of thin film magnetic systems, biological membranes, etc.
[edit] (Partial) List of operating neutron reflectometers
- HifarNR at ANSTO
- D17 at the Institut Laue-Langevin
- SURF and CRISP at ISIS neutron source
- NG1, NG7 and AND/R at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR)
- Liquids and Magnetic at the Spallation Neutron Source
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Polarized Neutron Reflectometer (PNR) at Dhruva, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India
