RAYONNEMENT SYNCHROTRON Experiment Report FormThe double page inside - PDF document

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RAYONNEMENT SYNCHROTRON Experiment Report FormThe double page inside this form is to be filled in by all users or groups of users who have had access to beam time for measurements at the ESRF. Once completed, the report should be submitted electronically to the User Office using Reports can now be submitted independently of new proposals – it is necessary simply to indicate the number of the report(s) supporting a new proposal on the proposal form. The Review Committees reserve the right to reject new proposals from groups who have not reported on the use of beam time allocated previously. Proposers awarded beam time for a long term project are required to submit an interim report at the end of each year, irrespective of the number of shifts of beam time they have used. All users must give proper credit to ESRF staff members and proper mention to ESRF fa

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cilities which were essential for the results described in any ensuing publication. Further, they are obliged to send to the Joint ESRF/ ILL library the complete reference and the abstract of all papers appearing in print, and resulting from the use of the ESRF. Should you wish to make more general comments on the experiment, please note them on the User Evaluation Form, and send both the Report and the Evaluation Form to the - 1st March for experiments carried out up until June of the previous year; - 1st September for experiments carried out up until January of the same year. fill in a separate form for each project or series of measurements. include the reference number of the proposal to which the report refers. make sure that the text, tables and figures fit into the space available. if your work is published or is in press, you may prefer to paste in t

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he abstract, and add full reference details. If the abstract is in a language other than English, please Experiment title: Molecular criteria for aqueous boundary lubrication: An XRR study of surfactant layer structures at mica-water interface from: 09 Sept 2009 to: 13 Sept 2009 Shifts: Local contact(s): Oier Bikondoa Received at ESRF: (* indicates experimentalists): Dr Robert Jacobs*, University of Oxford Miss Francesca Speranza*, University of Bristol Mr. Philip Cresswell*, University of Bristol This has been a very successful and highly productive experiment in several aspects, as summarised below. The measurements were carried out by using two liquid cells that house the samples. We designed and constructed the cells and the main body for which is shown in Fig. 2. They have been used for previous measurements (at ID10B and BM28) and will be us

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ed for future related measurements, and could also be adapted to neutron reflectometry We carried out two main sets of experiments. We studied the interaction between three components: a polymer, Polyethyleneimine (PEI, linear, 50 ppm), a perfluorinated surfactant, Cesium Perfluorononanoate (CsPFN, 1 cmc) and a salt, NaNOThis system was previously examined and it led to the appearance of some interesting Bragg peaks. Hence, we firstly looked at the effects of varying the temperature of the system. PTC heaters were connected to the liquid cell, allowing to increase the system temperature from about 24°C (hutch temp.) to 39 °C. We found that the Bragg peaks disappear t they are due to hydrated liquid crystal formation of the CsPFN surfactant below its Krafft temperature Fig. 2. Mechanical drawing for the main body of a liquid cell designed for BM28 beam line