March 17, 2009
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| "Yearbook of Science and Technology 2009" |
IUCF′s Roger Pynn contributed to the McGraw Hill "Yearbook of Science and Technology 2009," and data from his article on neutron scattering is also featured on the yearbook′s cover. The McGraw-Hill "Yearbook of Science and Technology 2009" continues its "tradition of making information on the latest advances in science and technology accessible to the non-specialist." Each yearbook features invited articles "written by international leaders in their respective fields."
Roger Pynn, a long-time contributor to the field of neutron scattering, and President of the Neutron Scattering Society of America (NSSA), was invited to provide an article on the status of and latest developments in neutron scattering. The last ten years have seen the construction and commissioning of several major neutron scattering facilities, including the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States and the Japanese Spallation Neutron Source. Pynn′s article reports on the status of these new facilities, and highlights recent developments in research. The article also explores what neutron scattering can do in practical terms, one example being research on materials that can be used in a future hydrogen-based (versus fossil-fuel based) economy. The illustration of data from NIST (taken by Taner Yildirim) is featured on the cover of the 2009 Yearbook.
IUCF and the SNS at Oak Ridge National Lab are currently collaborating extensively in neutron scattering research and instrumentation development. The SNS regards IUCF as an important facility for the training and education of young scientists in the field, and for the development of new equipment and instrumentation. Roger Pynn, who joined IUCF in August 2005, holds a joint position with Indiana University and the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His research interests also include the development of a new technique (dubbed SESAME or Spin Echo Scattering Angle Measurement) for probing structural correlations over length scales between a few 10′s of nm to more than 1 micron, and the use of this and other neutron scattering methods to probe structure in soft matter such as polymers, gels and membranes.
