Conveners
SAGA session: SAGA session
- Tommy Nylander (Lund University)
Responsive nanostructured films from amphiphilic lipids hold significant potential for applications in food, pharmaceutical, and biotechnological sciences. For instance, the amphiphilic lipid glycerol monooleate can be used to form antimicrobial coatings [1,2]. Lyotropic liquid crystalline films based on glycerol monooleate are also interesting as nanoreaction environments, drug delivery...
Grazing incidence small angle neutron scattering (GISANS) is a powerful techniqu to investigate surface-near lateral structures on the nanometer scale. It is particulary useful in soft-matter experiments to disentangle surface near structures from bulk effects. But even in hard-matter magnetism the techniqu can be used to improve the signal when scattering from magnetic particles on or near...
Reproducibility of experiments is something most natural scientists would consider important. However, how do we know experiments are comparable between instruments without explicitly disclosing, tracking and discussing instrument calibration and data processing methods? At SXNS17 we would like to introduce our standardization initiative to the Grazing Incidence Small-Angle Scattering (GISAS)...
Using a custom-designed pressure cell, we tune hydrostatic pressure and combine Grazing Incidence Small Angle Neutron Scattering (GISANS) with specular and off-specular reflectivity under pressure (P) to probe morphologies of soft matter layers immersed in heavy water at P = 1 bar and P = 800 bar. Our results reveal nanostructural rearrangements upon P-increase and chemical composition...
