Welcome to the ILL users! The reactor has restarted on 27 August for a 50-day cycle. Shutdown: 16 October.
The ILL Millennium Programme
IN5 renaissance
Testing and commissioning of the new IN5 have begun, and experiments can be expected by mid-September.
When the beam was turned on last July 7, every one of the 100,000 cells in the 384 position-sensitive detector tubes (a 30m2 collecting area - the surface of a small flat) reacted positively.
The picture shows the diffraction pattern achieved from a YIG crystalline powder after summing the energies. Each pixel, perpendicular to the plane of the panels, is coupled to an energy analysis by neutron time-of-flight. Our little brown man gives you an idea of the scale of the detector.
News from FIGARO
Work on FIGARO is progressing well and we expect our first users in December this year. Submission for beamtime possible here!
FIGARO (a Fluid Interfaces Grazing Angles Reflectometer) is dedicated to the study of soft matter and biology at free liquid surfaces. It is part of ILL's Millennium Programme. More info on the dedicated instrument webpage.
Science at the ILL
19 August 2008
News about intercellular water dynamics
At physiological temperature, intracellular water beyond the hydration shell of macromolecules flows as freely as liquid water: it is not “tamed” by confinement. [more]
26 May 2008
A very promising iron oxide
Teams of researchers working at ILL have determined the crystallographic and magnetic structure of a new iron oxide. Many future applications now look promising [more].
26 May 2008
Probing new fundamental interactions
The existence of additional fundamental forces on top of the four fundamental interactions (electromagnetic, strong, weak and gravitational) is today generally accepted. However, the strength and characteristic range of these additional forces have yet to be defined. Remarkable results have been achieved at ILL on this subject. [more]
News
11 June 2008
Collaboration with Grenoble science university (UJF)
The Scientific Council of Grenoble's Joseph Fourier University (UJF) has just approved the creation of a Chair for Large Scale European Facilities. This will significantly strengthen the links between the ILL, ESRF and UJF. ILL and the ESRF are involved in a number of fruitful projects in collaboration with the Science University, including the Hercules programme.
07 January 2008
A collaboration with the European Space Agency on material science
The European Space Agency (ESA), the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) have joined forces. For the first time, unique experiments in space will be combined with ground-based experiments using an extremely intense neutron source and an equally powerful synchrotron light source. [more]