Institut Laue–Langevin
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The Institut Laue–Langevin (ILL) is an internationally financed scientific facility, situated on the Polygone Scientifique in Grenoble, France. It is one of the world centres for research using neutrons. Founded in 1967 and honouring the physicists Max von Laue and Paul Langevin, the ILL provides one of the most intense neutron sources in the world and the most intense continuous neutron flux in the world in the moderator region: 1.5×1015 neutrons per second per cm2, with a thermal power of typically 58.3 MW.[citation needed]
The ILL neutron scattering facilities allow the analysis of the structure of conducting and magnetic materials for future electronic devices, the measurement of stresses in mechanical materials. It also allows investigations into
History
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The institute was founded by France and Germany, with the United Kingdom becoming the third major partner in 1973. These partner states provide, through
The high-flux
In 2000 began the introduction of new instruments and instrument upgrades. The first phase has already resulted in a 17-fold gains in performance. The second phase started in 2008: it comprises the building of 5 new instruments, the upgrade of 4 others, and the installation of 3 new neutron guides.[citation needed]
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The ILL shares its site, the 'epn science campus',[1] with other institutions including the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the Unit for Viral Host Cell Interactions (UVHCI). The French Institut de Biologie Structural (IBS) joined the campus in 2013.
Participants
The ILL is governed by its Associates.[2]
Country | Time | Status |
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France | 1967- | Associate |
Germany | 1967- | Associate |
United Kingdom | 1974- | Associate |
Spain | 1987- | Scientific Membership |
Switzerland | 1988- | Scientific Membership |
Austria | 1990- | Scientific Membership |
Italy | 1997- | Scientific Membership |
Czechia | 1999- | Scientific Membership |
Sweden | 2005- | Scientific Membership |
Hungary | 2005-2013 | Scientific Membership |
Belgium | 2006- | Scientific Membership |
Poland | 2006- | Scientific Membership |
Denmark | 2009- | Scientific Membership |
Slovakia | 2009- | Scientific Membership |
India | 2011-2014 | Scientific Membership |
Slovenia | 2020- | Scientific Membership |
Applications research
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In 2019, researchers unravelled information about a protein causing progressive diseases. [4]
In summer 2016 the Institut Laue–Langevin demonstrated that a molecule called
Awards and recognitions
The physicist
The physicist
Techniques
- Neutron diffraction
- Small angle neutron scattering
- Neutron reflectometry
- Inelastic neutron scattering
See also
References
- ^ epn-campus.eu
- ^ "An international partnership for science".
- ^ "An international partnership for science".
- PMID 30804345.
- ^ laboratoryequipment.com, September 6, 2016, Extremophile Bacteria’ Will Eat Away Wreck of the Titanic by 2030.
- ^ nytimes October 4, 2016, 3 Who Studied Unusual States of Matter Win Nobel Prize in Physics.
- ^ "ill.eu October 4, 2016, Congratulations to the 2016 Physics Nobel Prize laureates !". Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
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Sources
- The 2017 ILL annual report
- Le Journal du CNRS, printemps 2019: Ces laboratoires qui illuminent l'Europe
- medicalxpress.com Alzheimer's disease markers could be identified through protein water mobility
External links
- Media related to Institut Laue-Langevin at Wikimedia Commons
- Institut Laue-Langevin
- ILL general presentation film