Experimental studies of nuclear quantum effects in condensed matter: the case of water

C Andreani, R Senesi, M Krzystyniak… - La Rivista del Nuovo …, 2018 - Springer
Water continues to be the focus of a considerable number of experimental and theoretical
investigations because of the important role it plays in many phenomena in fundamental and …

Measurement of neutron total cross sections at the VESUVIO spectrometer

JI Robledo, J Dawidowski, JIM Damián, G Škoro… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this article we examine the procedures to determine total cross sections from neutron
transmission experiments performed at the time-of-flight spectrometer VESUVIO (ISIS …

Thermal neutron cross sections of amino acids from average contributions of functional groups

G Romanelli, D Onorati, P Ulpiani… - Journal of Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The experimental thermal neutron cross sections of the 20 proteinogenic amino acids have
been measured over the incident-neutron energy range spanning from 1 meV to 10 keV and …

Glass transition in rice pasta as observed by combined neutron scattering and time-domain NMR

M Witek, M Krzystyniak, G Romanelli, T Witczak - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Experimental protocols aiming at the characterisation of glass transition often suffer from
ambiguity. The ambition of the present study is to describe the glass transition in a complex …

Non-invasive detection of hazardous materials with a thermal-to-epithermal neutron station: a feasibility study towards practical application

M Silarski, K Dziedzic-Kocurek, K Drużbicki… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
The growing scale of the devastation that even a single terrorist attack can cause requires
more effective methods for the detection of hazardous materials. In particular, there are no …

Development of a ceramic double thick GEM detector for transmission measurements at the VESUVIO instrument at ISIS

S Cancelli, A Muraro, EP Cippo… - Journal of …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Neutron spallation sources always require new instrument upgrades and innovations in
order to improve the quality of their experiments. In this framework, the capability to …

Data analysis of neutron Compton scattering experiments using MANTID

G Romanelli, B Hewer, M Krzystyniak… - Journal of Physics …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The VESUVIO spectrometer at the ISIS pulsed neutron and muon source is an epithermal
and thermal neutron station requiring a software suite able to tackle the analysis of …

Visualization of the catalyzed nuclear-spin conversion of molecular hydrogen using energy-selective neutron imaging

G Romanelli, T Minniti, G Škoro… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We present time-resolved neutron-imaging results on the ortho-to para-hydrogen conversion
in the presence of a nanoparticle powder of the ferromagnetic catalyst γ-Fe2O3. In particular …

Measurement of the para-hydrogen concentration in the ISIS moderators using neutron transmission and thermal conductivity

G Romanelli, S Rudić, M Zanetti, C Andreani… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2018 - Elsevier
We present an experimental study to determine the para-hydrogen concentration in the
hydrogen moderators at the ISIS pulsed neutron and muon source. The experimental …

Nuclear quantum dynamics in Hexamethylenetetramine and its deuterated counterpart: A DFT-augmented neutron study

M Krzystyniak, MJ Gutmann, K Refson… - Physica …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Despite being one of the most thoroughly characterised molecular crystals,
hexamethylenetetramine (HMT) and its deuterated counterpart (DHMT), are still not fully …