Abstract
The modulated intensity by zero effort small-angle neutron scattering (MI-SANS) technique is used to measure scattering with a high energy resolution on samples normally ill-suited for neutron resonance spin echo. The self-diffusion constant of water is measured over a q-t range of 0.01-0.2Å-1 and 70-500ps. In addition to demonstrating the methodology of using time-of-flight MI-SANS instruments to observe diffusion in liquids, the results support previous measurements on water performed with different methods. This polarized neutron technique simultaneously measures the intermediate scattering function for a wide range of time and length scales. Two radio frequency flippers were used in a spin-echo setup with a 100kHz frequency difference in order to create a high-resolution time measurement. The results are compared with self-diffusion measurements made by other techniques and the general applicability of MI-SANS at a pulsed source is assessed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 751-758 |
Journal | Journal of Applied Crystallography |
Volume | 54 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Accepted Author ManuscriptKeywords
- MI-SANS
- modulated intensity small-angle neutron scattering
- neutron scattering
- neutron spin echo
- self-diffusion
- water