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SuperADAM (CRG) - ADvanced reflectometer for the Analysis of Materials

A fully redesigned version of the CRG reflectometer ADAM, a angle dispersive wavelength machine. The new instrument will have a higher flux, a new detector and a high flux option and a lower flux option but with an improved Q resolution. It will offers unique possibilities especially for measurements on magnetic samples due to the flexibility of the set-up.

Applications

The main topics, which have already been investigated with the ADAM instrument, are briefly reviewed below. Super ADAM will offer extended capabilities making it possible to envision new types of experiments.

Solid Films and Superlattices
- Layer magnetizations and hysteresis
- Lateral patterns
- GISANS
- Exchange coupling
- Antiferromagnetic exchange coupling of Heusler alloys
- Exchange bias effects
- Isotopic superlattices
- Phase transitions
- Hydrogen and oxygen profiles in metal superlattices
- Superconductivity
Soft Films and Multilayers
- Langmuir-Blodgett films
- Liquids under shear
Materials Science Topics Polyelectrolytes
- Ion Implantation
Technical developments
- Neutron waveguides as neutron optical devices
Characterization of Si perfect crystals for USANS