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Neutrons reveal atomic hydrogen diffusion through ‘quantum tunnelling’ on grapheneGraphene is known as the world’s thinnest material due to its 2D structure, where each sheet is only one carbon atom thick, allowing each atom to engage in a chemical reaction from two sides. Graphene flakes can have…

November 2013Fluctuating charge stripes are among the more popular candidates to explain high-temperature superconductivity. So far escaping direct observation  the peculiar ‘hourglass’ magnetic excitation spectrum was taken as evidence for their existence. New Nature Communications paper now find…

Neutron experiments at the ILL contribute to the discovery of a new process of magnetic fragmentation - creating a monopole crystal in a spin ice The IN5 detector. Copyright Bernhard Lehn December 2017To date, the ability of an entity being two mutually exclusive s…

Cuprates show some unusual magnetism above their superconducting temperatures, which may be key to their exotic electronic properties.It is 30 years since scientists discovered a family of metal oxides, the cuprates, that can conduct electricity without resistance up to temperatures much higher (1…

Photo ILL/W. Burat Health is a leading area in which the impact of neutron science and technology has high visibility, as neutrons provide a very effective analytical tool for investigating the properties of matter at both the atomic and molecular scales. ILL’s use…

Scheme of a low density lipoprotein particle including the various components March 2017Lipid composition of human low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and its physicochemical characteristics are relevant for proper functioning of lipid transport in blood circulation. The…

The remarkable chemical and electrochemical stability of Ionic Liquids (ILs) makes them excellent candidates for the development of energy storage systems meeting strict criteria to battery safety in particular combustion. Bringing together three independent probes (neutrons, NMR and light-scattering), we conduct a detailed multiscale analysis of the cation self-diffusion process from the molecul…

John Womersley, ESS Director General (left) and Helmut Schober, ILL Director (right), signing the ESS-ILL MoU on 20 June 2017, in the presence of Grahame Blair (STFC), Maria Faury (CEA) and Sebastian Schmidt (BMBF). (click to enlarge) Europe leads the world in neu…

L’acier au bore est particulièrement approprié aux applications de l’industrie automobile. Il est attractif car il réduit le poids des véhicules et améliore la sécurité des passagersIl est essentiel de comprendre les effets du processus de soudage par points sur l'acier au bore. Sur cette base, il…

A compter du 1er octobre 2017, M. Jérôme Estrade sera le prochain directeur-adjoint français de l’Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL). Il dirigera la Division Projets et Techniques.Diplômé en ingénierie nucléaire et en physique fondamentale, M. Estrade a acquis une connaissance approfondie du fonctionnem…

Copyright Dmitry / fotolia.com The Universe is expanding: the distance between any two distinct points in the Universe increases with time. This has been known for 90 years and has been the subject of numerous debates among scientists throughout the world. Around 2…

8.09.2017Neutron experiments conducted by the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) and CNRS researchers provide a direct quantitative measurement of phonon lifetimes in a clathrate, providing a novel picture of thermal conductivity in complex materialsThis study has highlighted the importance of neutron t…