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Neutron Investigations of the Structure and Dynamics
of Condensed Matter

• Realization of the scientific program:


• New data on equilibrium magnetostructural inhomogeneous states in transition metal oxides.
  
  
• New data on atomic and magnetic structures of strongly correlated electron systems - complex oxides of manganese, cobalt, etc.
  
• Study of changes in atomic and magnetic structures of complex magnetic oxides under external high pressures.
  
  
• Investigations of structure and phase transitions in model biological membranes.
  
  
• Investigations of large-scale structure of noncrystalline materials: vesicles, polymers, colloidal solutions, etc.
  
  
• New data on properties of complex surfaces and nanostructures with reduced dimensionality.
  
  
• Measurements of internal stresses in constructional materials.
  
  
• Study of relation of texture and properties of rocks.
  
  
  Realization of the program of IBR-2 spectrometers development:
  
  
• High-resolution Fourier diffractometer HRFD: construction of new ZnS (Ag)-based back-scattering detectors.
  
  
• High-resolution Fourier diffractometer FSD: equipping of the detector system with component parts in accordance with the FSD project.
  
  
• High-intensity diffractometer DN-2: replacement of glass elements of the mirror neutron guide head part and installation of separate neutron guide section at the moderator.
  
  
• Diffractometer for microsamples DN-12 (project DN-6): modernization of the neutron guide system head part forming a beam of channels 6a and 6b.
  
  
• Complex of diffractometers SKAT and EPSILON: preparation of the modernization project for the neutron guide system.
  
  
• Small-angle scattering spectrometer YuMO: adjusting of two-dimensional position-sensitive detector (2D PSD), beginning of works on construction of the second 2D PSD.
  
  
• Polarized neutron spectrometer REMUR: completion of the block of reflectometry detectors; replacement of 1D PSD of reflectometry mode by 2D PSD with working area of 200x200 mm ².
  
  
• Inverted geometry spectrometer NERA: repair and conservation of vacuum and cryogenic equipment and preparation of the project of a new mirror neutron guide.
  
  
• Direct geometry spectrometer DIN-2PI: modernization of thermostat TS-3000.
  
  
• Completion of construction of specialized diffractometer DSD (two-axis stress diffractometer) at the IVV-2M reactor in IMP RAS (Yekaterinburg).
  
  
• Modernization of DISK and MOND diffractometers at the IR-8 reactor in "Kurchatov Institute" (Moscow).
  
  

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