News
- Call for proposals on the French CRG instruments at the ILL (D1B, D23, IN12, I13, IN22, SAM and SHARPER): submission deadline 15 October. Proposals should be submitted via the Phoenix platform.
- The SFN is organising a school on Time-of-Flight (TOF) spectroscopy, from 7 to 10 December 2026 at the ILL in Grenoble. Pre-registration is open until 16 October 2026. The school is aimed at participants already familiar with neutron spectroscopy. More information here.
- The SAXS/SANS Days will take place from 25 to 27 November 2026 in Grenoble. More information here.
- The RÉCIPROCS network offers financial support for exchanges between laboratories aimed at transferring technical, technological, or methodological expertise in crystallography (X-rays, electrons, neutrons) or small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering (SAXS/SANS). Exchanges must take place before the end of 2026. More information here.
- Fast beamtime access “Neutron night” (experiments under standard conditions on SAM and SANS-LLB): rolling call – please send a one-paragraph proposal containing the following information: name(s) of samples, chemical composition, and any potential risks, to federation.neutron@neel.cnrs.fr.
2FDN Calls for Proposals deadlines:
- Nuit des Neutrons (SANS): rolling submission
- CRG instruments at the ILL: 15 October 2026 (SAM, D1B, D23, IN12, IN22, SHARPER, IN13) — submissions via Phoenix.
Monthly scientific news
Unveiling the Hidden Structure of Foams with Neutron Scattering
Foams are fascinating, highly complex systems whose structural characterisation is challenging due to the broad range of length scales involved, from nanometres to macroscopic dimensions. Neutron scattering, combined with complementary techniques, provides insight into their multiscale structure, revealing unexpected aspects of the fundamental physics of liquid foams.
Job vacancies
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Upcoming events
- Journées de la Diffusion Neutronique (JdN-2026) October 5-8th 2026. Domaine Lou Capitelle, Ardèche.
- Journées de la Matière Condensée October 26-30th 2026, Toulouse.
- ESS-ILL User Meeting 2026 November 8-11th, 2026, Lund, Sweden.
- Matériaux 2026 November 16-20th, 2026, Grenoble.
- International SISN Neutron Science Conference (SISNSC 27), January 18-21st 2027, Firenze (Italy). Deadline for abstract submission: October 2nd, 2026.
- European Conference on Neutron Scattering 2027 (ECNS 2027) June 27th- July 1st, 2027, Grenoble.
4ème journées SAXS/SANS Organized by RÉCIPROCS at Minatec, Grenoble, november 25-27th, 2026. Registrations here.
- Ecole SFN to ESS, sur la spectroscopie de Temps de vol, December 7-10th, 2027, ILL, Grenoble. Pré-inscription avant le 16 octobre 2026.
- MATRAC 1 School “Application of Neutrons and Synchrotron Radiation in Engineering Materials Science” , Hambourg (Germany) and Lund (Sweden), March 7-12th,2027.
Publications of the month
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- Following the Complete Thermal Landscape of a Protein by Neutron Scattering
Peters, J. and Turbant, F. and Pastore, A.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY - Self-Assembly Versus Surface Charge: Interfacial Response of Ionic Liquids
Pilkington, Georgia A. and Hammond, Oliver S. and Bergendal, Erik and Oleshkevych, Anna and Brown, Stuart J. and Li, Sichao and Nelson, Andrew and de Campo, Liliana and Welbourn, Rebecca and Reddy, Akepati Bhaskar and Shimpi, Manishkumar R. and Glavatskih, Sergei and Mudring, Anja-Verena and Rutland, Mark W.
LANGMUIR - Frequency-dependent shear and bulk viscosity of aqueous and non-aqueous lithium battery electrolytes
Saboungi, Marie-Louise and Akiba, Hiroshi and Borodin, Oleg and Cwynar, Krzysztof and Dzida, Marzena and Farago, Bela and Gancarz, Pawel and Kaczmarek, Katarzyna and Popov, Ivan and Price, David L. and Seike, Yuta and Singh, Harmandeep and Sokolov, Alexei and Yamamuro, Osamu and Yasuda, Keiji and Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS - Competing Magnetic Ground States in Ilmenite-Type High-Entropy Oxides
Contant, Damian and Bette, Sebastian and Dinnebier, Robert and Da Silva, Ivan and Dragoe, Diana and Dragoe, Nita and Takagi, Hidenori and Takayama, Tomohiro
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS - Competing Ordering Modes in the Distorted Quantum Kagome Material Clinoatacamite Cu2Cl(OH)3
Stodter, L. and Kastner, C. and Jeschke, H. O. and Reehuis, M. and Chan, E. and Lemee-Cailleau, M. -h. and Beauvois, K. and Ouladdiaf, B. and Yokaichiya, F. and Bert, F. and Hicken, T. J. and Krieger, J. A. and Luetkens, H. and Allen, J. L. and Feyerherm, R. and Tovar, M. and Menzel, D. and Wolter, A. U. B. and Buchner, B. and Rule, K. C. and Litterst, F. J. and Rossler, U. K. and Sullow, S.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS - Phonons Reflect Dynamic Spin-State Order in LaCoO3
Ivashko, Alsu and Manjo, Taishun and Kauth, Maximilian and Tymoshenko, Yuliia and Merritt, Adrian M. and Bohnen, Klaus-Peter and Heid, Rolf and Merz, Michael and Eich, Andreas and Castellan, John-Paul and Ivanov, Alexandre and Schreiber, Nathaniel and Zheng, Hong and Mitchell, J. F. and Meven, Martin and Park, Jitae T. and Ishikawa, Daisuke and Nakamura, Yuiga and Baron, Alfred Q. R. and Weber, Frank
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS - Hidden Symmetry and Charge Disproportionation in U3O8
Vieyra-Huerta, Alejandro and Leinders, Gregory and Fischer, Henry E. and Ritter, Clemens and Baldinozzi, Gianguido and Lamoen, Dirk and Verwerft, Marc
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