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Investigations of Condensed Matter
by Modern Neutron Scattering Methods

Realization of the scientific program:

• Determination of parameters of atomic and magnetic structure of bulk and nanostructured functional materials demonstrating interesting physical phenomena and being promising for technological applications in a wide range of thermodynamic parameters; exploration of the role of cluster aggregation in the formation of physical properties.
  
  
• Determination of characteristics of atomic and magnetic structure of nanosized complex manganese oxides.
  
  
• Analysis of the relationship between changes of atomic and magnetic structure parameters of improper multiferroics under variation of thermodynamic parameters (pressure, temperature).
  
  
• Revealing of structural modifications of electrodes of compact electric current sources during charging/discharging processes.
  
  
• Determination of magnetic properties and elucidation of nanoscale phenomena in magnetic layered nanostructures in constant and variable 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 structural characteristics of nanosystems based on compositional C- and Si-containing materials.
  
  
• Determination of structural characteristics of magnetic elastomers and carbosilane dendrimers holding promise 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 order to study the transport of pharmacological drugs through the skin.
  
  
• Determination of regularities of occurrence of instability of rocks under high temperatures and pressures, in particular, during polymorphic phase transition for the development of models of the processes in the earthquake focus.
  
  
• Analysis of metamorphic, geodynamic and evolution processes in the lithosphere using the data about the texture of deep and near-surface earth rocks. Exploration of seismic anisotropy origin.
  
  
• Development of 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 engineering materials of nuclear reactors, industrial materials and products – composites, reinforced systems, metal ceramics, shape memory alloys.
  
  
• Elaboration of radiation damage mechanisms of solid-state materials, obtaining of long-life operating data on radiation resistance of materials.
  
  Realization of the instrument development program for the IBR-2 spectrometers:
  
• Creation of the final configuration of the DN-6 diffractometer and relevant infrastructure (detector system, mechanical units, set of high-pressure cells, infrastructure for loading pressure cells).
  
  
• Creation of the final configuration of the multifunctional reflectometer GRAINS (polarizing system, mechanical part and sample unit).
  
  
• Modernization of the available IBR-2 spectrometers (HRFD, YuMO, FSD, REFLEX, REMUR, NERA, SKAT, EPSILON, DIN-2PI) aimed at improving their instrumental parameters (neutron counting rate, background conditions, and extension of experimental opportunities).
  
  
• Completion of the reconstruction of the high-intensity DN-2 diffractometer into a real-time diffractometer (RTD).
  
  
• Creation of the test configuration of the small-angle spin-echo spectrometer on IBR-2 beamline 9.
  
  
• Creation of the basic configuration of the neutron radiography and tomography spectrometer on IBR-2 beamline 14.
  
  
• Adaptation of the correlation spectrometer FSS (transported from HZG, Germany, via PNPI) to methodological and research activities on IBR-2 beamline 13.
  
  
• 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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