What can be done using NEUTRON SPIN ECHO
Michihiro Nagao
NIST Center for Neutron Research & Indiana University published papers using NSE
60 total number of Papers Spectrometer polymer 50 glass membrane SolidStatePhysics 40 Further improvement and development of P. G. de Gennes the NSE technique! 30 Nobel Prize in Physics 1991
Number of Papers 20 Still increasing the discovery of the principle technique papers by F. Mezei in 1972
10 polymer dynamics researches by D. Richter in 1980’s
0 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 Year searched using web of science: keyword=neutron spin echo how to choose a spectrometer
1. length scale diffraction? small-angle? structure research & method
neutron energy [meV] ~100 ~1 ~0.01 thermal neutron cold neutron
DNA
protein viruses
crystalline, micelles magnetic polymers, gels strucutre
zeolites micro-porus polymer phase separated vesicles structure neutron diffraction small-angle neutron scattering x-ray diffraction ultra small-angle neutron scattering small-angle x-ray scattering ultra small-angle x-ray scattering elecron microscope optical microscope 10-10 10-9 10-8 10-7 10-6 10-5 size [m] how to choose a spectrometer
1. length scale diffraction? small-angle? 2. energy scale neV? meV? dynamics research & method d [Å] 105 104 103 102 101 100 10-1 10-2 100 10-6 Raman TOFhydrogen 10-1 modes molecular 10-5 -2 vibrations 10 spin lattice 10-4 waves vibrations -3 10 heavy 10-3 Fermions NSE -4 Brillouin critical molecular 10 10-2 t [ns] scattering rotations -5 10 diffusion -1 E [eV] 10 tunneling -6 spectroscopyBS 10 100 polymers 10-7 biological systems 101 NSE: highest energy glasses 10-8 2 resolution among other 10 -9 10 neutron spectrometers 103 DLS XPCS 10-10 10-4 10-3 10-2 10-1 100 101 102 q [Å-1 ] dynamics research & method d [Å] 105 104 103 102 101 100 10-1 10-2 100 10-6 Raman TOF -1 10 10-5 -2 side chain motion 10 10-4 -3 10 local motion 10-3 -4 Brillouin NSE
10 -2 t [ns] segment motion 10 10-5 -1
E [eV] 10