TY  - JOUR
AU  - Widmann, Tobias
AU  - Kreuzer, Lucas P.
AU  - Kühnhammer, Matthias
AU  - Schmid, Andreas J.
AU  - Wiehemeier, Lars
AU  - Jaksch, Sebastian
AU  - Frielinghaus, Henrich
AU  - Löhmann, Oliver
AU  - Schneider, Harald
AU  - Hiess, Arno
AU  - Klitzing, Regine von
AU  - Hellweg, Thomas
AU  - Müller-Buschbaum, Peter
TI  - Flexible Sample Environment for the Investigation of Soft Matter at the European Spallation Source: Part II—The GISANS Setup
JO  - Applied Sciences
VL  - 11
IS  - 9
SN  - 2076-3417
CY  - Basel
PB  - MDPI
M1  - FZJ-2021-02844
SP  - 4036
PY  - 2021
AB  - The FlexiProb project is a joint effort of three soft matter groups at the Universities of Bielefeld, Darmstadt, and Munich with scientific support from the European Spallation Source (ESS), the small-K advanced diffractometer (SKADI) beamline development group of the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS), and the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ). Within this framework, a flexible and quickly interchangeable sample carrier system for small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) at the ESS was developed. In the present contribution, the development of a sample environment for the investigation of soft matter thin films with grazing-incidence small-angle neutron scattering (GISANS) is introduced. Therefore, components were assembled on an optical breadboard for the measurement of thin film samples under controlled ambient conditions, with adjustable temperature and humidity, as well as the optional in situ recording of the film thickness via spectral reflectance. Samples were placed in a 3D-printed spherical humidity metal chamber, which enabled the accurate control of experimental conditions via water-heated channels within its walls. A separately heated gas flow stream supplied an adjustable flow of dry or saturated solvent vapor. First test experiments proved the concept of the setup and respective component functionality.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000649877900001
DO  - DOI:10.3390/app11094036
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/893805
ER  -