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@ARTICLE{Widmann:886102,
author = {Widmann, Tobias and Kreuzer, Lucas P. and Mangiapia,
Gaetano and Haese, Martin and Frielinghaus, Henrich and
Müller-Buschbaum, Peter},
title = {3{D} printed spherical environmental chamber for neutron
reflectometry and grazing-incidence small-angle neutron
scattering experiments},
journal = {Review of scientific instruments},
volume = {91},
number = {11},
issn = {1089-7623},
address = {[S.l.]},
publisher = {American Institute of Physics},
reportid = {FZJ-2020-04270},
pages = {113903 -},
year = {2020},
abstract = {In neutron scattering on soft matter, an important concern
is the control and stability of environmental conditions
surrounding the sample. Complex sample environment setups
are often expensive to fabricate or simply not achievable by
conventional workshop manufacturing. We make use of
state-of-the-art 3D metal-printing technology to realize a
sample environment for large sample sizes, optimized for
investigations on thin film samples with neutron
reflectometry (NR) and grazing-incidence small-angle neutron
scattering (GISANS). With the flexibility and freedom of
design given by 3D metal-printing, a spherical chamber with
fluidic channels inside its walls is printed from an
AlSi10Mg powder via selective laser melting (SLM). The thin
channels ensure a homogeneous heating of the sample
environment from all directions and allow for quick
temperature switches in well-equilibrated atmospheres. In
order to optimize the channel layout, flow simulations were
carried out and verified in temperature switching tests. The
spherical, edgeless design aids the prevention of
condensation inside the chamber in case of high humidity
conditions. The large volume of the sample chamber allows
for high flexibility in sample size and geometry. While a
small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) measurement through
the chamber walls reveals a strong isotropic scattering
signal resulting from the evenly orientated granular
structure introduced by SLM, a second SANS measurement
through the windows shows no additional background
originating from the chamber. Exemplary GISANS and NR
measurements in time-of-flight mode are shown to prove that
the chamber provides a stable, background free sample
environment for the investigation of thin films.},
cin = {JCNS-FRM-II / JCNS-1 / MLZ},
ddc = {620},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-FRM-II-20110218 /
I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-1-20110106 / I:(DE-588b)4597118-3},
pnm = {6G4 - Jülich Centre for Neutron Research (JCNS) (POF3-623)
/ 6G15 - FRM II / MLZ (POF3-6G15)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6G4 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6G15},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-MLZ)KWS1-20140101 / EXP:(DE-MLZ)REFSANS-20140101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:33261451},
UT = {WOS:000589669100003},
doi = {10.1063/5.0012652},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/886102},
}