19-21 November 2018
AINSE Conference Centre New Illawarra Road Lucas Heights NSW 2234 Australia
Australia/Sydney timezone

KOOKABURRA, the ultra-small-angle neutron scattering instrument at ansto: design and recent applications

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1h 30m
AINSE Conference Centre New Illawarra Road Lucas Heights NSW 2234 Australia

AINSE Conference Centre New Illawarra Road Lucas Heights NSW 2234 Australia

AINSE Conference Centre, New Illawarra Road, Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia
Poster Neutron Instruments & Techniques Poster Session

Speaker

Dr Jitendra Mata (ANSTO)

Description

The double-crystal ultra-small-angle neutron scattering (USANS) diffractometer KOOKABURRA at ANSTO was made available for user experiments in 2014. KOOKABURRA allows the characterization of microstructures covering length scales in the range of 0.1–10 µm. Use of the first- and second-order reflections coming off a doubly curved highly oriented mosaic pyrolytic graphite pre-monochromator at a fixed Bragg angle, in conjunction with two interchangeable pairs of Si(111) and Si(311) quintuple-reflection channel-cut crystals, permits operation of the instrument at two individual wavelengths, 4.74 and 2.37 Å (Figure 1). This unique feature among reactor-based USANS instruments allows optimal accommodation of a broad range of samples, both weakly and strongly scattering, in one sample setup [1,2]. The versatility and capabilities of KOOKABURRA have already resulted in a number of research papers, including studies on hard matter systems like rocks and coal [3,4], as well as soft matter systems like hydrogels or milk [5,6]. This clearly demonstrates that this instrument has a major impact in the field of large-scale structure determination. Some of the recent examples will be presented here.

[1.] Rehm, C. et al, J. Appl. Cryst., 2013, 46 1699-1704.
[2.] Rehm,C.et al, J. Appl. Cryst., 2018, 51, 1-8.
[3.] Blach, T.et al, Journal of Coal Geology, 2018, 186, 135-144
[4.] Sakurovs, R.et al, Energy & Fuels, 2017, 31(1), 231-238
[5.] Whittaker, J. et al, Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 2018, 114, 998-1007
[6.] Li, Z. et al, Food Hydrocolloid, 2018, 79, 170-178.

Topic Neutron Instruments & Techniques

Primary authors

Dr Jitendra Mata (ANSTO) Dr Liliana de Campo (ANSTO) Dr Christine Rehm (ANSTO)

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