[Neutron] Neutron Reflection workshop

[Stephen Holt]

High Spatial Resolution Neutron Reflection Methods for the Study of  
Gold Supported Biomembranes

Venue:                        The Cosener’s House
                         Abingdon
                         Oxfordshire

Date:                        January 19 - 20 2009

We have recently been developing the application of magnetic contrast  
reflectometry to gold supported biomolecular films.  This method is  
especially applicable where deuteration of the component molecules is  
either intractable or prohibitively expensive.  The method takes  
advantage of the requirement to incorporate a binder layer between  
the gold and the silicon substrate. We replace the standard binders  
with a magnetic layer usually an Fe/Ni alloy.  When magnetised this  
layer presents a different scattering power to polarised neutrons.   
We are therefore able to collect two datasets relative to an external  
reference from exactly the same sample.

The meeting will outline the method, present results from a number of  
systems studied and explore future possibilities of this method.

Invited Speakers:
Dr Chuck Majkrzak, NIST Centre for Neutron Research, USA.
Prof. Jeremy Lakey, The Medical School University of Newcastle Upon  
Tyne, UK.
Dr Chris van der Walle.  SIPS, University of Strathclyde, UK.


Contact:            Stephen Holt                stephen.holt at stfc.ac.uk
                                                            +44 1235  
446081

Further information can be found at the following website.
http://www.isis.rl.ac.uk/largescale/LSS/mcm/mcm_intro.htm

Registration will be available by mid September.

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Dr Stephen A. Holt
ISIS
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
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http://www.isis.rl.ac.uk/LargeScale/index.htm
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