BioRef - A time-of-flight neutron reflectometer combined with in-situ infrared spectroscopy at the Helmholtz Centre Berlin

Abstract

The novel BioRef reflectometer currently under construction in neutron guidehall-I of the BER-2 reactor at the Helmholtz Centre Berlin is designed for applications in soft matter science at solid-liquid interfaces especially under dynamic conditions. In addition to a time-of-flight (TOF) approach to be realised with three choppers in order to adapt resolutions and wavelength bands to the needs of specific applications, the instrument will be equipped with an in-situ infrared (IR) spectrometer operating in its surface sensitive ATR-geometry for simultaneous spectroscopic and conformational studies. The instrument will become operational in 2010. © 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd.