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Investigations of Condensed Matter
by Modern Neutron Scattering Methods

Realization of the scientific program:
• Determination of the parameters of atomic and magnetic structure of bulk and nanostructured functional materials, demonstrated interesting physical phenomena and prospective for technological application in wide range of thermodynamic parameters, exploring a role of cluster aggregation in formation of physical properties.
  
  
• Determination of microscopic mechanisms of magnetoelectric effect formation in complex multiferroic oxides.
  
  
• Determination of the electrode microstructure effects on charging/discharging processes realization in compact electric current sources.
  
  
• Clarification of proximity effects in magnetic layered nanostructures and analysis of their magnetic properties in permanent and varied magnetic fields.
  
  
• Comparative analysis of structural aspects of stabilization of disperse systems and complex liquids with nonmagnetic and magnetic nanoparticles in bulk and interface boundaries.
  
  
• Determination of the structural characteristics of nanosystems based on compositional C- and Si-containing materials.
  
  
• Determination of structural characteristics of magnetic elastomers and carbosilane dendrimers, prospective for technological applications.
  
  
• Determination of atomic structure and vibrational spectra of molecular complexes: ionic-molecular inclusive materials and complexes with electric charge transfer, structural and dynamical parameters of hydrogen bonding in bioactive materials.
  
  
• Determination of structural and functional characteristics of biological nanosystems.
  
  
• Determination of structural characteristics of lipid nanosystems modeling upper skin layer of human and mammal animals in the interests of the study of the transport of pharmacological drugs through the skin.
  
  
• Determination of the structural and dynamical characteristics of reactor materials at temperatures up to 2000 K.
  
  
• Determination of the regularities in appearance of instability of rocks under high temperatures and pressures, in particular, during the polymorphic phase transition for the development of the models of the processes in the earthquake focus.
  
  
• Analysis of the metamorphic, geodynamic and evolution processes in litosphere using the data about texture of deep and near-surface earth rocks. Exploration of the seismic anisotropy origin.
  
  
• Development of the solid polycrystalline material models for prediction of their elastic, strength and thermal properties taking into account texture, inclusions, pores and microcracks.
  
  
• Determination of residual stresses in construction materials of nuclear reactors, industrial materials and products – composites, reinforced systems, metalloceramicas, shape memory alloys.
  
  
• Elaboration of the radiation damage mechanisms of solid state materials, getting of resource data on radiation resistance of materials.

• Creation of the final configuration of the DN-6 diffractometer and relevant infrastructure (detector system, mechanical units, high pressure cells set, infrastructure for pressure cells loading).
  
  
• Creation of the final configuration of the multifunctional reflectometer GRAINS (polarizing system, mechanical part and sample unit.
  
  
• Modernization of the operational spectrometers if IBR-2 reactor (HRFD, YuMO, FSD, REFLEX, REMUR, NERA, SKAT, EPSILON, DIN-2PI) focused at improvement of their instrumental parameters (neutron counting rate, background conditions, and extension of experimental opportunities).
  
  
• Reconstruction of the high intensity DN-2 diffractometer into real-time diffractometer (RTD).
  
  
• Creation of the test configuration of the small angle spin echo spectrometer at beamline 9 of IBR-2.
  
  
• Creation of the basic configuration of the neutron radiography and tomography spectrometer at 14 beamline of IBR-2.
  
  
• Installation and adaptation of the correlation spectrometer FSS (transported from HZG. Germany via PNPI) to methodical and research activities at beamline 13 of IBR-2.
  
  
• Development and testing of neutron scattering methods for condensed matter research, including spin-echo, neutron standing waves, neutron magnetic resonance, radiography, tomography, etc.
  

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