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Free-film small-angle neutron scattering: a novel container-free in situ sample environment with minimized H/D exchange.

ABSTRACT: The development of a container-free sample environment which is particularly well suited for in situ reaction studies of liquid samples by small-angle neutron scattering and related techniques is reported. Hydrogen exchange with the humidity from air is reduced by an encapsulating setup in a bag filled with an inert gas such as He. The effectiveness of this measure is quantitatively accessed by infrared absorption and gravimetry, and further correlated with neutron scattering.

SUBMITTER: Krauss SW

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6448684 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Free-film small-angle neutron scattering: a novel container-free <i>in situ</i> sample environment with minimized H/D exchange.

Krauss Sebastian W SW Schweins Ralf R Magerl Andreas A Zobel Mirijam M

Journal of applied crystallography 20190226 Pt 2

The development of a container-free sample environment which is particularly well suited for <i>in situ</i> reaction studies of liquid samples by small-angle neutron scattering and related techniques is reported. Hydrogen exchange with the humidity from air is reduced by an encapsulating setup in a bag filled with an inert gas such as He. The effectiveness of this measure is quantitatively accessed by infrared absorption and gravimetry, and further correlated with neutron scattering. ...[more]

PMID: 30996715

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