Advanced Small-Angle Scattering Instrument Available in the Tokyo Area. Time-Of-Flight, Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Developed on the iMATERIA Diffractometer at the High Intensity Pulsed Neutron Source J-PARC
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. iMATERIA Spectrometer
3. Scattering Law and Data Reduction
3.1. Time-of-Flight Scattering Method
3.2. Data Reduction for Plate Shape Sample
4. Sample Environment
5. Results
5.1. Measurements for Calibration
5.1.1. Incoherent Scattering of Vanadium
5.1.2. Mesoporous Silica
5.1.3. Mono-Disperse Microspheres (SiO2)
5.2. Challenging Topics of Industrial Use
5.2.1. One-Shot Observation Covering a Wide Range of Length Scales (1 A~100 nm)
5.2.2. Time-Resolved and Wide Range of Length Scales: Vanishing Foam
- (i)
- Immediately after pumping a scattering maxima at around q = 0.075 Å−1 appears, attributed to the micelles in the foam. The interdomain distance (~80 Å) is identical to that found in the surfactant solution before pumping.
- (ii)
- In the lower q-region, at 300~360 s after pumping, crossover q-behavior from q−2 to q−4 appears at qc = 0.023 Å−1. From qc, we estimated the thickness of foam as d = 270 Å (=2π/qc).
- (iii)
- At higher q, incoherent scattering appears and its intensity decreases as time proceeds. This is due to water drainage and its dropping under gravity.
5.2.3. Fine Structure of Fuel Cell Catalyst, in Combination with Neutron Reflectivity
5.2.4. Time-Resolved Total Reflection Measurement (Kinetic Measurement)
5.2.5. Spin Contrast Variation for Industrial Use
bcoh, D = 0.667 [10−12 cm]
5.2.6. Perspectives for Completing the Multiscale Observation
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Koizumi, S.; Noda, Y.; Maeda, T.; Inada, T.; Ueda, S.; Fujisawa, T.; Izunome, H.; Robinson, R.A.; Frielinghaus, H. Advanced Small-Angle Scattering Instrument Available in the Tokyo Area. Time-Of-Flight, Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Developed on the iMATERIA Diffractometer at the High Intensity Pulsed Neutron Source J-PARC. Quantum Beam Sci. 2020, 4, 42. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/qubs4040042
Koizumi S, Noda Y, Maeda T, Inada T, Ueda S, Fujisawa T, Izunome H, Robinson RA, Frielinghaus H. Advanced Small-Angle Scattering Instrument Available in the Tokyo Area. Time-Of-Flight, Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Developed on the iMATERIA Diffractometer at the High Intensity Pulsed Neutron Source J-PARC. Quantum Beam Science. 2020; 4(4):42. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/qubs4040042
Chicago/Turabian StyleKoizumi, Satoshi, Yohei Noda, Tomoki Maeda, Takumi Inada, Satoru Ueda, Takako Fujisawa, Hideki Izunome, Robert A. Robinson, and Henrich Frielinghaus. 2020. "Advanced Small-Angle Scattering Instrument Available in the Tokyo Area. Time-Of-Flight, Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Developed on the iMATERIA Diffractometer at the High Intensity Pulsed Neutron Source J-PARC" Quantum Beam Science 4, no. 4: 42. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/qubs4040042