Kick-off SAGA – Preparing for a GISANS instrument at ESS – A Swedish Initiative
When: Friday 14 of January 2022
Where: Virtual and at LINXS
Registration deadline: January 11, 2022
The understanding of interfacial properties of materials, as well as interfacial processes in terms of structural, morphological and compositional changes, is of crucial importance in many scientific fields that include chemistry, physics, biology and engineering. A wide consortium, building on the strength in surface and interface science in Sweden, has formed to push for a Swedish led project to design and construct such an instrument at ESS. In this project we will develop a conceptual and technical design for the world leading neutron surface scattering beamline and benchmark it against existing instruments. The design of the instrument is directly motivated by the science and business case developed in coordination with the international community and will take full advantage of the brilliance of ESS. The output of the project will be a competitive instrument project proposal for the next ESS call and a detailed plan for the implementation of such a leading instrument. Particular emphasis will be dedicated to build competence in the development of neutron instrumentation in Sweden to enable strong engagement in the ESS instrument suite. This is the kick-off of a national Swedish project with international collaboration. The Swedish research council granted the funding for the project in November 2021.
Joint session with SXNS
11.45-12.15 Peter Müller-Buschbaum (Technische Universität München, Germany) - Nanostructured polymer films for energy harvesting applications studied with GISANS, GISAXS and GIWAXS
12.15-13.15 Lunch
13.15-13.45 Adrian Rennie (Uppsala University, Sweden) - Near Surface Neutron Scattering – Studying Buried Structured Interfaces with Attached Colloidal Particles, Lipids and Proteins
13.45-14.00 Alexei Vorobiev (Uppsala University, Sweden) - GISANS studies using fan shaped beams
14.00-14.30 Sunil Sinha (UC San Diego, CA, USA) - Coherent GISAXS Scattering and Phase Retrieval Using DWBA
14.30-15.00 Coffee
SAGA GISANS
15.00-15.05 Welcome by Prof. Kristina Edström, Uppsala University
15.05-15.15 Presentation from Swedish Research Council, Johan Holmberg
15.15-15.25 Tommy Nylander: Intro to SAGA
15.25-15.45 Max Wolff: Initial design concepts, Uppsala University, Sweden
15.45-16.05 Jens Birch: Technical developments, Linköping University, Sweden
16.05-16.20 Martin Månsson: Swedish & International user engagement, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
16.20-16.35 Stefan Roth: International advisory group, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) & KTH, Sweden
16.35-17.00 Concluding discussions