Abstract
The Nanoscale Ordered Materials Diffractometer (NOMAD) is one of five neutron scattering instruments being managed within the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) Instruments-Next Generation (SING) project. NOMAD is designed as a high-flux, medium-resolution diffractometer using a large bandwidth of neutron energies and extensive detector coverage to perform structural determinations of local order in crystalline and amorphous materials. The instrument will enable studies of a large variety of samples ranging from liquids, solutions, glasses, polymers, and nanocrystalline materials to long-range ordered crystals and will allow unprecedented access to high-resolution pair distribution functions, small-contrast isotope substitution experiments, small sample sizes, and parametric studies. Project completion for the instrument is anticipated in 2010 and a review of the design status will be given.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1066-1069 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter |
Volume | 385-386 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 15 2006 |
Externally published | Yes |
Funding
SNS is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 for the US Department of Energy.
Keywords
- Liquids and amorphous materials
- Local order determination
- Neutron scattering instrumentation