@isisneutronmuon

ISIS is a world leading neutron and muon source operated by @STFC_Matters, part of @UKRI_News LinkedIn: isis-neutron-and-muon-source Instagram: @isisneutronmuon

 Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK
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Joined February 2010
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Did you know that ISIS Neutron and Muon Source is on LinkedIn? Follow us for newsletters, articles, and updates! bit.ly/42eK83E 🔗
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Nominations for the 2025 ISIS Impact Awards close this Friday!
ISIS Neutron and Muon Source@isisneutronmuon18 Dec 2024
In recognition of our users' outstanding research, nominations for the ISIS Impact Awards are now open, with an extended deadline of 10 Jan 2025. You can find out more and nominate on our website ➡️ bit.ly/4gC4DuT 🔗
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ADFortes 🏳️‍🌈
@ad_fortes20 Dec 2024
Farewell #HRPD @isisneutronmuon for now. The final run is ended and the shutter's closed on 40 years of operation; more than 80,000 datasets collected, 2000-odd experiments (some more odd than others) and over 1000 publication. See you again in 2028 !!
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It's the last day of our user cycle, and so the last day of HRPD before its demolition and rebuild as part of the Endeavour programme. Photos are the 1988 beamline scientists, and Lemuel and Lexy, the last external users!
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A man and a woman using the HRPD instrument.

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Fabrizia Foglia@bizia7919 Dec 2024
Proud of our team’s work at @isisneutronmuon using OSIRIS, ZOOM, and LARMOR. Keenan led brilliantly, supported by new members Leonardo Phoebe and Adam. I couldn’t join the whole mission, but they delivered great results over two intense weeks. Excited for next year’s experiments!
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Merry Christmas from all of us at ISIS! Wishing you a happy new year filled with neutrons and muons. The snowflakes are based on the crystal structure of RuP3SiO11. Find out about the discovery of a new route to quantum spin liquid materials: isis.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/SH24_R…
Merry Christmas and a Happy New year from all at ISIS neutron and muon source.

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In recognition of our users' outstanding research, nominations for the ISIS Impact Awards are now open, with an extended deadline of 10 Jan 2025. You can find out more and nominate on our website ➡️ bit.ly/4gC4DuT 🔗
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ADFortes 🏳️‍🌈
@ad_fortes16 Dec 2024
40 yr ago today, #HRPD at @isisneutronmuon took its first neutrons, & nickel oxide was one of the earliest samples measured. Last repeated on the 5th anniversary on 16 Dec 1989, today we made one final measurement of NiO before going off for HRPD's big upgrade!
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As we reflect on our 40-year history throughout this week, we want to say thank you to all of our staff and colleagues, past and present. Our work wouldn't be possible without all of your efforts and dedication. Thank you! #ThankYou #ScienceCommunity #ISISat40
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🌍 Did you know, our users and researchers come from institutions based all over the world? Today, we’re looking at our international research community in a global context, with examples from over our 40-year history! #ISISat40
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For more examples of STFC science in fresh contexts, have a look at linktr.ee/stfcincontext! 🔎 #STFCinContext
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Well done Katie!
OMGroup Bath@OMalley_Group9 Dec 2024
Huge congratulations Dr @KatieMorton_77 on your successful PhD viva! 🎉 👩🏻‍🎓 Huge thanks to Prof. Fernando Bresme @BresmeF and Prof. Steve Parker for doing the honours. Thank you to all those have been involved including @UKCatalysisHub and @isisneutronmuon
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A strategic partnership between research facilities in the UK and Switzerland has been established by the UK International Science Partnerships Fund, which will develop new capabilities for science using neutrons, muons and X-rays. Read more here ➡️ bit.ly/3BsO8Ck 🔗
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Look out over the next few months as we bring you all sorts of examples of #STFCinContext! 🔎
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory@RutherfordApLab5 Dec 2024
Science is linked to the Humanities in more ways than we may think. Join us as we explore the Humanities behind Science through our #STFCinContext campaign! Keep track of upcoming #STFCinContext projects from STFC's different departments here: linktr.ee/stfcincontext
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Research that will help fine-tune a new class of ion exchange membranes for devices such as flow batteries has been published in @Nature by researchers at @imperialcollege and others including @bizia79 from @ucl.
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A new route to materials with complex disordered magnetic properties at the quantum level has been made for the first time by scientists from @UoBChemistry. Part ISIS-funded PhD student Aly and his supervisor tested their material using WISH and LET. isis.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/SH24_R…
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ISIS has been around for the last 40 years, but our story begins even earlier than that! #ISISat40
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Timeline graphic with the text "1935: Harwell campus first established as an RAF base. 1946: The Rutherford High Energy Laboratory is established. 1957: Merged with the Atlas Computer Laboratory, becoming the Rutherford Laboratory. 1964: Merged with the Appleton Laboratory, becoming the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory."

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Timeline graphic with the text "1977: ISIS is approved. 1978: The previous NIMROD accelerator shuts down after more than a decade. 1979: ISIS' construction begins, repurposing parts of NIMROD's infrastructure. 1984: ISIS produces its first ever neutrons."

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Graphic with the text “Did you know? ISIS was originally called the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)! We were named ISIS at our inauguration in 1985, after the Egyptian goddess of rebirth and reincarnation!”

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pastagroup@pastagroup18 Nov 2024
Check out Max’s paper in @InorgChem we make low-vacancies Cr[Cr(CN)6] via a non-aqueous synthesis and demonstrate an enhanced antiferromagnetic response. One of the most challenging PBAs we have worked with! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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Craig Bull@giarc1bull18 Nov 2024
Latest research from the PEARL instrument ⁦@isisneutronmuon⁩ describing what happens when you compress the halogen bonds of iodic acid tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Effects of compression on the halogen bonding of iodic acid – a neutron diffraction study

The response of the crystallographic structure of iodic acid has been determined using neutron diffraction up to 7.2 GPa. We observe no evidence of a direct structural phase transition. However, we...

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The countdown to our 40th anniversary has begun! Over the next 30 days, we’ll be sharing a variety of highlights from ISIS, past and present! #ISISat40
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