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The proposal for opening of a new theme
“Investigations of Nanosystems and Novel Materials by
Neutron Scattering Methods”
Department of Neutron Scattering Investigations of Condensed Matter,
Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, JINR
Theme Leaders:
V.L.Aksenov, А.M.Balagurov, D.P.Kozlenko
Period of realization: 2009 - 2011
The priority fundamental and applied research directions of the theme:
•Physics of Nanosystems,
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•Structure and Dynamics of Functional Materials,
•Complex Liquids and Polymers,
•Molecular Biology and Pharmacology,
•Structure of rocks and minerals;
•Neutron Nanodiagnostics;
•Engineering Diagnostics
Main scientific topics within priority research directions:
•Magnetism of Layered Nanostructures;
•Magnetic Colloid Systems in Bulk and at Interfaces;
•Crystal Structure of Carbon Nanomaterials;
•Crystal and Magnetic Structure and Physical Properties of Novel Materials and
Nanosystems;
•Atomic Dynamics of Nanosystems and Materials;
•Structural and functional characteristics of biological, colloid and polymer
nanodispersed materials;
•Lipid Nanostructures;
•Texture, composition and properties of Earth minerals and rocks;
•Residual stresses in bulk materials and factory-made goods
Development of Neutron Scattering Methods for Research in
Condensed Matter Physics
•Neutron Optics with Polarized and Non-polarized Neutrons:
-Reflectometry,
-Small Angle Neutron Scattering;
•Diffractometry of Single and Poly- Crystals;
•Inelastic Neutron Scattering Methods;
•Diffractometry of Residual Stresses and Texture in Materials;
•X-Ray Spectroscopy (Methodological researches and innovations
department, VBLHEP, JINR )
Expected Scientific Results:
1. Determination of magnetization distribution in layered nanostructures and analysis of their
magnetic properties.
2. Structural characterization of magnetic nanoparticles and their clusters in magnetic colloid
systems, determination of structural mechanisms of stabilization of magnetic liquids.
3. Determination of internal structure of basic components of liquid dispersions of nanodiamonds and shungites and clusterization regimes at different conditions.
4. Determination of structural parameters of porous carbon nanopowders, soot and fullerene
soot.
5. Determination of the crystal and magnetic structure parameters and formation mechanisms
of magnetic properties at nano-scale in novel materials – complex oxides and intermetallics
of manganese, cobalt, vanadium, rhutenium, iron, nickel, etc, having important prospective
applications in nanotechnology, electronic and other technologies, in wide range of
temperatures and pressures.
6. Determination of the mechanisms of polymorphic phase transformations in active
pharmaceutical ingredients under mechanical load in wide range of temperatures.
7. Determination of the parameters of crystal and magnetic structure of nanoparticles of oxide
materials.
8. Determination of the crystal and magnetic structure parameters of low-dimensional
magnetics and multiferroics and analysis of formation mechanisms of their physical
properties.
9. Analysis of magnetic and structural properties of hydrogen-accumulating nanostructured
materials with tuned deficiency with АВ5, А2В7 и АВ3 type intermetallic structures with
nickel, cobalt and rare-earth metals.
10. Determination of crystal structure and vibrational spectra of molecular complexes.
11. Determination of structural characteristics of new polymers, prospective for technological
applications.
12. Determination of structural and functional characteristics of biological protein, DNA, RNA
macromolecules and lipid-protein complexes.
13. Analysis of biological macromolecular structures: membranes, DNA/protein, RNA/protein and
other biological complexes.
14. Determination of nanostructure, diffusion properties and peculiarities of chain-flip transitions
upon hydration in model multilayered stratum corneum membrane.
15. Determination of structural parameters and analysis of diffusion processes in natural and artificial
adsorbing –filtering matter (for development of purification technology of nuclear power station
waste products).
16. Analysis of the structurization and hydration processes in actinide solvents (for development of
separation and enrichment technology for utilization of nuclear power station waste
products).
17. Determination of structural parameters and phonon modes behavior in reactor materials with
different aggregate phases at temperatures up to 3000 K.
18. Determination of texture, residual stresses and deformation mechanisms in geological materials.
19. Determination of structural instability conditions of rock materials under action of high pressures
and temperatures, especially during the polymorphic phase transformations, for development of
earthquake mechanisms concept.
20. Determination of residual stresses in construction materials of nuclear reactors, industrial
materials and factory-made goods, composites, reinforced systems, metalloceramics, shapememory alloys.
21. Determination of local structure characteristics of complex transition metal oxides.
Expected methodical results:
1. Creation of the DN-6 diffractometer for neutron diffraction studies of microsamples
under extreme conditions (high pressure, low temperature).
2. Creation of the multi-functional GRAINS reflectometer with vertical scattering plane.
3. Completion of the Fourier Stress Diffractometer project
4. Modernization of the IBR-2 spectrometers complex (REMUR, REFLEX, YuMO, DN-2,
HRPD, SKAT/EPSILON, NERA-PR, DIN-2PI), focused on the improving of their
parameters, increase of the neutron flux at the sample position, neutron counting rate,
effect to background ratio and sample environment.
5. Development and testing of novel neutron scattering methods, including resonance
spin echo, neutron standing waves, neutron wave-guides.
Belarus – BSU, INP BSU, JISSSP NASB, NC PHEP BSU, PMI NASB, RIPChP BSU (Minsk )
Bulgaria - IMS BAS, INRNE BAS, ISSP BAS (Sofia)
Czech Republic – CTU, GPI ASCR, IG ASCR, IMMC ASCR, IP ASCR (Prague), NPI ASCR (Rez)
Finland - TRC (Espoo)
France - IBS, ILL (Grenoble), LAL (Orsay), LLB (Saclay)
Germany - HMI (Berlin), Univ. (Bayreuth), RUB (Bochum), TUD (Darmstadt), Univ. (Dortmund),
IZFP (Dresden), Univ. (Freiburg), DESY (Hamburg), FZJ (Julich), CAU (Kiel), Univ. (Leipzig), GFZ
(Potsdam), IZFP (Saarbrucken), "Krupp VDM" (Werdohl)
Hungary - KFKI RMKI (Budapest)
Japan - NIRIM (Tsukuba)
Latvia - CFI LU, FEI LAS (Riga)
Mongolia – IPT MAS (UlaanBaator)
Poland - INChT Unipress (Warsaw), FC JU, IP JU, NINP PAS (Cracow), IP PU (Kielce), IP MCSU
(Lublin), IP AMU (Poznan), ICh SUT, IP SUT (Szczecin), IPTCH WUT, UW (Wroclaw)
Romania - IFIN-HH, INFM, ISS UB (Bucharest), I.N.C.D.T.I.M., UBB (Cluj-Napoca), UAIC (Iasi),
SCN (Pitesti), TFARC RA BT, UVT (Timisoara)
Russia - GС RAS, IC RAS, IGIC RAS, IMET RAS, IPCE RAS, ITEP, MEPhI, MITHT, MSU, NIKIET,
PFUR, RRC KI, SINP MSU, VNIINM (Moscow), VNIISIMS (Alexandrov), ISSP RAS
(Chernogolovka), RIAR (Dimitrovgrad), PNPI RAS (Gatchina), IP SB RAS (Krasnoyarsk), NNSU
(Nizhny Novgorod), IPPE (Obninsk), GIDROPRESS (Podolsk), RIP RSU (Rostov-on-Don), IPTI
RAS (St. Petersburg), SSPI (Sterlitamak), NPI TPU (Tomsk), HPPI RAS, INR RAS (Troitsk), TSU
(Tula), IMP UB RAS (Yekaterinburg)
SAR – NECSA (Pretoria)
Slovak Republic – CU, IEE SAS (Bratislava)
Switzerland - PSI (Villigen), ETH (Zurich)
Ukraine - IPMS NASU, NTSU (Kiev), IAP NASU (Sumy)
United Kingdom – RAL (Didcot)
Uzbekistan - INP UAS (Tashkent)
Expected theme budget for 2009:
Total – 1495.2 kUSD, including:
Salary – 533.5 kUSD
International Cooperation – 98.7 kUSD
Materials – 80 kUSD
Equipment – 150 kUSD
Additional sources
Grants of Plenipotentiaries of JINR Member States – Poland, Czech Republic,
Slovak republic, Romania
BMBF-JINR Agreement
Hungary-JINR Agreement
JINR - South African Republic Agreement
Grants of Russian Foundation for Basic Research
State Contracts of Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation
Total – 400 kUSD for 2009