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Participation Statement
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We are committed to broadening the representation of our attendees, speakers, sponsors, and contributors through our calls for abstracts, open submission processes, and engagement with the broader community. We value the range of perspectives and experiences within the communities we bring together and welcome your contributions toward creating a welcoming and collaborative ISSE 2026.
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Oral Presentations
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Session I: Standardization Efforts at and Across Facilities
This session will highlight efforts to standardize sample environment hardware, controls, SECoP implementation, metadata, documentation, safety, and operational practices. Contributions focused on improving interoperability, efficiency, reliability, and collaboration across facilities.
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Session II: Soft Matter Sample Environments
This session will focus on sample environment technologies and techniques for soft matter research, including humidity control, rheology, flow cells, shear devices, temperature control, and other specialized auxiliary equipment. Contributions highlighting new capabilities, best practices, and experimental approaches for soft matter studies.
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Session III: Novel Sample Environment Developments and Techniques
This session will highlight innovative sample environment technologies, instrumentation, and experimental techniques that expand scientific capabilities. Contributions featuring new equipment, creative engineering solutions, prototype systems, and emerging technologies for neutron and synchrotron research.
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Session IV: High Pressure, Stress and Strain
This session will focus on sample environment technologies and experimental methods for high-pressure, stress, and strain studies. Topics may include pressure cells, uniaxial and multiaxial loading systems, in situ mechanical testing, combined sample environments, and new capabilities for neutron and synchrotron experiments.
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Session V: Cryogenics and Magnet Systems
This session will explore recent developments in cryogenic and magnet technologies for neutron and synchrotron research, including new instrumentation, operational improvements, helium recovery and management, and innovative approaches to supporting low-temperature and high-field experiments.
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Session VI: Novel Sample Environment Developments and Techniques
This session will showcase innovative sample environment technologies, instrumentation, and experimental techniques that expand scientific capabilities. Representative topics include new equipment, creative engineering solutions, prototype systems, and emerging technologies.
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Session VII: Automation, Sample Changers and Remote Operations
This session will highlight advances in automation, remote operation, and automated sample handling that improve the efficiency, reliability, and accessibility of sample environment systems. Contributions featuring robotic sample changers, automated workflows, remote user support, controls integration, and other innovative technologies.
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Session VIII: High Temperature Sample Environments
This session will focus on sample environment technologies for high-temperature experiments, including furnaces, laser heating, levitation, gas environments, and other advanced thermal systems. Contributions highlighting new developments, innovative techniques, challenging experiments, and improved capabilities.
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Posters
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Poster Topic I: Standardization Efforts at and Across Facilities
This poster session highlights initiatives that promote standardization in sample environment hardware, controls, SECoP implementation, metadata, documentation, safety, and operational practices. Posters describing collaborative efforts, shared designs, and approaches that improve interoperability and efficiency across facilities are invited.
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Poster Topic II: High Pressure, Stress and Strain
This poster session focuses on developments in sample environment technologies and experimental methods for high-pressure, stress, and strain research. Featured work may include pressure cells, mechanical loading systems, in situ testing techniques, combined sample environments, and innovative engineering solutions.
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Poster Topic III: Cryogenics and Magnet Systems
This poster session showcases advances in cryogenic systems, magnet technologies, and supporting infrastructure for low-temperature and high-magnetic-field experiments. Posters describing new capabilities, facility upgrades, helium management, and operational experiences are welcome.
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Poster Topic IV: Soft Matter Sample Environments
This poster session explores sample environment technologies and experimental techniques for soft matter research. Areas of interest include humidity control, flow cells, rheology, shear devices, temperature control, auxiliary equipment, and novel experimental approaches.
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Poster Topic V: Novel Sample Environment Developments and Techniques
This poster session features innovative sample environment technologies, instrumentation, and experimental techniques that expand scientific capabilities. Examples include new equipment, prototype systems, creative engineering solutions, and emerging technologies.
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Poster Topic VI: Automation, Sample Changers and Remote Operations
This poster session highlights advances in automation, remote operation, and automated sample handling that improve the efficiency, reliability, and accessibility of sample environment systems. Posters may present robotic sample changers, automated workflows, controls integration, remote user support, and other enabling technologies.
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Poster Topic VII: Facility & Community Update Posters
This poster session provides an opportunity for facilities to showcase recent developments, new capabilities, equipment upgrades, and operational improvements in their sample environment programs. Facilities are encouraged to share current projects, lessons learned, and future plans to foster collaboration and the exchange of ideas across the international sample environment community.
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Open Discussions
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Open Discussion I: User Support and Operational Best Practices
This discussion will provide an opportunity for participants to share experiences and best practices related to supporting users and operating sample environment programs.
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Open Discussion II: Challenges and Opportunities for SE Programs
This discussion will explore the common challenges and future opportunities facing sample environment programs across research facilities. Participants are encouraged to share experiences, identify emerging needs, discuss opportunities for collaboration, and exchange ideas for advancing sample environment capabilities, operations, and user support.
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Open Discussion III: Soft Matter Techniques and Best Practices
This discussion will provide a forum for sharing experiences and best practices in soft matter sample environments. Topics may include humidity control, flow cells, rheology, shear devices, auxiliary equipment, sample preparation, experimental challenges, and approaches for improving reliability, efficiency, and user support.
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Open Discussion IV: Operating and Supporting 24/7 facilities
This discussion will focus on the challenges and best practices associated with operating and supporting sample environment systems at facilities with continuous user operations. Topics may include staffing models, on-call support, equipment reliability, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting and training.
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Open Discussion V: Engineering Process and Document Control
This discussion will explore best practices for engineering processes and document control within sample environment programs. Topics may include design reviews, configuration management, documentation standards, revision control, knowledge transfer, quality assurance, and strategies for maintaining accurate and accessible engineering records across facilities.
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Open Discussion VI: Experimental Safety Analysis Process
This discussion will provide a forum for sharing approaches and best practices for conducting experimental safety analyses for sample environment systems. Topics may include hazard identification, risk assessment, review processes, documentation, lessons learned, and strategies for balancing robust safety practices with efficient operations and risk-informed decision making when supporting increasingly complex experiments.
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Open Discussion VII: Key Takeaways and Future Needs
This discussion will provide an opportunity to reflect on the key themes and lessons learned throughout the workshop while identifying future priorities for the sample environment community. Participants are encouraged to share ideas for new capabilities, opportunities for collaboration, standardization efforts, and topics that should be addressed at future ISSE workshops.
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Workshop Sponsors
The success of ISSE 2026 is made possible through the generous support of our sponsors. Their commitment to the international sample environment community helps foster collaboration, innovation, and the exchange of ideas among scientists, engineers, technicians, and facility staff from around the world. The ISSE 2026 Organizing Committee extends its sincere appreciation to the organizations whose partnership has helped create opportunities for technical exchange, professional development, and the continued advancement of sample environment technologies. We gratefully acknowledge their support.
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Abstracts
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List of Abstracts
ABSTRACT 5
News of Sample Environment at CSNS
Author: HU, Haitao (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
This report mainly introduces the new situation of CSNS in the past two years, the operation and results of the sample environment. The newly developed sample environmental equipment and related technologies in recent two years are also introduced. It also introduces the problems encountered during the past two years and the suggestions expected from ISSE members.
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PAC 2.0 the next-generation of the POWGEN Autochanger
Author: Mr. STEVENS, Elijah (UT-Batelle)
PAC 2.0 is the next-generation redesign of the POWGEN Auto-Changer (PAC) at ORNL’s Spallation Neutron Source. The PAC core functions and operational reliability will be reviewed. PAC 2.0 will be discussed including upgraded controls, mechanisms, and features for enhanced reliability/serviceability. PAC 2.0 modernizes the motion and sensing architecture, has higher sample capacity, improved serviceability, and addresses machining/assembly variability through toleranceaware, self-aligning mechanical interfaces. Thermal methodology/performance comparisons will be discussed with an emphasis on heat transfer computational modeling and experimental results. Finally, the outline of the current project schedule and results from testing and assembly.
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What’s New around SECoP
Author: BRANDL, Georg (FZ Jülich, Germany)
The integration of sample environment equipment in a beam line experiment is a complex challenge. Different experiment control software offer different interfaces for the connection of SE equipment. Therefore, it is time-consuming to integrate new SE or to share SE equipment between facilities. To tackle this problem, the International Society for Sample Environment (ISSE) has developed the Sample Environment Communication Protocol (SECoP) to standardize the communication between instrument control software and SE equipment (see [1] and references therein). SECoP offers a generalized way to control SE equipment with rich metadata. In this contribution, we present news from the ISSE SECoP (Sample Environment Communication Protocol) committee and wider community. In the last few years, we have been steadily working on a successor to its initial version, which was released in 2019. SECoP version 2 tries to:
improve readiness for FAIR data,
increase machine readability and processability,
add crucial features missing from version 1, and
extend interoperability and connectivity.
Additionally, the software ecosystem has matured considerably, and we will give an overview of different libraries and utilities designed to make development and testing of SECoP services as straightforward as possible.
[1] K. Kiefer, et al. (2020). An introduction to SECoP –the sample environment communication protocol. Journal of Neutron Research, 21(3-4), pp.181–195
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Development of an Automated Control System for Wet Cryostats
Author: Dr. VEKHOV, Yegor (NIST NCNR / UMD)
The NCNR operates a fleet of dozen wet cryostats (”Orange Cryostats”) that provide sample environments at temperatures as low as 1.5 K. Each cryostat is optimized to meet the specific requirements of individual neutron instruments and sample geometries. Originally designed several decades ago, these cryostats lacked integrated automation, requiring extensive manual operation. As research facilities face increasing labor and cost constraints, automation of sample environment equipment has become essential for improving operational efficiency and reliability. To address these challenges, the NCNR developed a fully automated cryostat control system. The system provides automated control of cooling power (needle valve position), sample and cryostat temperature, cryogen level monitoring, and liquid cryogens refills (both liquid Nitrogen and liquid Helium). It is built on LabVIEW-based control software and uses the SECoP (Sample Environment Communication Protocol) standard for data acquisition and communication, enabling reliable operation and seamless integration with instrument control systems.
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Sample Probe with Embedded Two-Phase Cooling for Cryostats
Author: ZOU, An (Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc.)
Cryogenic temperatures are routinely required for neutron scattering experiments, in which a neutron beam passes through a sample and the information of the scattered neutrons is used to determine the properties of the sample. One way to acquire low temperatures is by Closed Cycle Refrigerators (CCR), where the samples are cooled by helium exchange gas and then the heat is removed by a cryocooler. In a top-loading CCR configuration, samples are mounted on a probe that can be inserted into or removed from the cryostat for rapid sample exchange. However, the limited cooling power of CCRs results in long cool-down times, often requiring up to 4 hours for a sample to reach base temperature from room temperature. More than 60% of this time is spent cooling from room temperature to approximately 80 K during a sample-change cycle. Because neutron scattering experiments are performed under strict beam-time allocations at large-scale user facilities, where beam time can cost on the order of $1,000 per hour, reducing sample-change time is of great significance of importance. We present a sample probe with embedded two-phase nitrogen cooling that reduces the cooling time to ~80 K from several hours to <10 minutes, thereby shortening the overall sample-change process. The design incorporates two independent liquid nitrogen cooling loops: one for direct cooling of the sample holder and another for cooling the helium exchange gas (Fig.1). Helium gas purging is performed after nitrogen cooling to remove residual nitrogen from the cooling loops, preventing extra heat load and potential neutron scattering background from residual nitrogen. Here, we focus on the helium exchange gas heat exchanger, which consists of two symmetric partial cylinders for boiling liquid nitrogen to remove heat. The cylinders are connected by two struts mounted on a pivot, allowing controlled expansion and retraction to adjust the gap between the heat exchanger and the variable temperature insert (VTI) wall (Fig. 1). The effects of heat exchanger location, expansion distance, and initial configuration were investigated experimentally using a top-loading CCR at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL, Fig. 2a). Two operating scenarios were evaluated: (1) an initial cool-down, in which the entire cryostat started at room temperature, and (2) a sample-change cool-down, in which only the sample probe was initially at room temperature while the cryostat VTI was maintained at approximately 100 K. Compared with a typical sample probe without active nitrogen cooling, the proposed design reduced the sample cool-down time from room temperature to base temperature (<9 K) to 116 minutes for the initial cool-down and 43 minutes for the sample-change cool-down, corresponding to reductions in total cooling time of 44% and 50%, respectively (Fig. 2b-c).
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SE@MLZ: WHAT’S THE NEWS?
Author: SUAREZ, Manuel (Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ), Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany)
The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) is a leading facility for cutting-edge research using neutrons and positrons. Within the framework of MLZ user operations, the Sample Environment group supports visiting scientists and handles the operation, maintenance, and repair of sample environment equipment. Complementing existing commercial technology, our group places great emphasis on in-house engineering and manufacturing; we actively design and build innovative sample environment equipment to meet complex experimental requirements. This poster provides an overview of activities carried out under the “user operations restart program.” In particular, it highlights the plan for sample environment equipment requirements across the instruments, key priorities, and the current status of implementation and development for ongoing projects.
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Rapid Cooling and Autonomous Sample Changing for Vacuum Neutron Furnaces
Author: Dr. RADYJOWSKI, Patryk (Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc.)
The growing need for high-temperature neutron experiments strains science facilities’ resources, especially when lengthy vacuum cooling and frequent sample changes are involved. To address this, Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc., in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, developed an autonomous cooling and sample-changing solution. First, a closed-loop, low-pressure inert-gas circulation system for neutron furnaces used strategically placed injection points to rapidly cool internals after experiments concluded. Time savings from 5+ hrs down to < 8 min cooldowns were observed, while a complete 1500℃ –100℃ heat-up, hold, and cooldown sequence was executed 3 times in just 140 min [1]. Improvements in the new revision of the system are discussed, allowing even faster cooling times. The increased cooling rates with the neutron-friendly helium approach range of typical quench processes, opening new options for innovative experiments. Subsequently, the new sample changer system complements the cooling solution, enabling reliable, rapid, and fully automatic changes in less than 5 min per swap. Overall, the presented work builds toward an autonomous, high-performance infrastructure that significantly improves experimental throughput without adding strain on available resources. Once implemented, the presented system has the potential to invert the experimental time attitude from hours per sample to samples per hour.
[1] D. Adhikari et al, Rev. Sci. Instrum. Vol. 97 Iss. 6 (2026) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0299443
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Machine Learning Automation of Sample Alignment in Neutron Beamlines
Author: Dr. COLEMAN, Stephen
Aligning and maintaining the alignment of the sample during an experiment is key to ensuring high quality data are collected. At present this process is performed manually by beamline scientists. RadiaSoft in collaboration with the beamline scientists and engineers at ORNL has developed a machine learning based alignment software automating this process. We utilize a fully-connected convolutional neural network configured in a U-net architecture to identify the sample center of mass. We then move the sample using a custom python-based EPICS IOC interfaced with the motors. In this talk we provide an overview of our machine learning tools and show our results aligning samples at ORNL.
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Hazardous Gas Handling Experiments at the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source.
Author: Mr. GOODWAY, Chris (UKRI - STFC) September 23, 2026 Page 21 13th Internationa … / Report of Abstracts Hazardous Gas Handling Experim …
This talk looks at the safety procedures practices instilled at STFC which enable these types of experiments to be considered, and the additional procedures and skills required to conduct them safely, focusing in particular on the safe operation of an experiment looking at the liquid and solid phases of Phosgene.
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In-House 3D Printing Hub for Rapid Microfluidic Device Fabrication
Author: Dr. DOMINGUES, Artur (MAX IV Laboratory)
The increasing demand for complex, time-resolved experiments at synchrotron facilities is driving the need for flexible and application-specific sample environments. At MAX IV, the previous AdaptoCell project established a cross-beamline microfluidics platform supporting X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS), Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS), and Serial Synchrotron Crystallography (SSX). However, it was identified a remaining challenge: users currently lack the capability to rapidly prototype, iterate, and validate bespoke microfluidic devices before or during beamtime. To address this need and further develop MAX IV’s capabilities alongside leading international facilities such as ESRF and SOLEIL, we established an in-house 3D printing hub for the rapid fabrication of customized microfluidic devices. The aim is to provide an agile, on-demand fabrication workflow that enables rapid prototyping and production of bespoke devices to support evolving experimental requirements across multiple beamlines. The hub is centered around an Asiga MAX UV385 digital light processing (DLP) 3D printer. Together with post-processing protocols optimized for biocompatible, X-ray-transparent resins. We will present the initial results regarding:
Validation of robust printing protocols to ensure reproducibility and structural integrity.
Development of a centralized digital library of standardized and customizable microfluidic chip
designs, including mixers and flow cells tailored for SSX, SAXS and XAS.
Off-line testing station with UV-VIS spectroscopy.
By bringing fabrication in-house, MAX IV will significantly reduce development times while enabling rapid design iteration and customization for individual experiments. This facility-wide capability will provide a flexible platform for developing and deploying microfluidic devices, thereby enabling the next generation of time-resolved synchrotron science at MAX IV.
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Sample environment at J-PARC
Author: Dr. SAKAGUCHI, Yoshifumi (CROSS)
For these 2 years since the 12th International Workshop on Sample Environment held at Båstad, Sweden, we have continued the user supports in the neutron beam experiments and the development or improvement of our sample environment systems as follows. 7T superconducting magnet: in the conventional operation of the 7T superconducting magnet, the achievable lowest temperature at the sample stage was 4 K. By adding a proper thermal contact to the sample stage, the lowest temperature was improved to be 2.5-2.8 K. To refill liquid helium into the magnet without opening the neutron shielding hutch, we introduced a remote liquid helium transfer system that enables a liquid helium transfer leaving the transfer tube between the magnet and the liquid helium vessel. This reduced a loss time for the neutron measurement because it is not necessary to stop the measurement for opening the neutron shielding hutch and inserting the transfer tube. Our work time for refilling liquid helium was also reduced. Supply of liquid helium: liquid helium used for our cryogenic equipment and superconducting magnet is supplied by the cryogenic center in J-PARC, where collected helium gases are re-condensed. We had a problem of the liquid helium supply several times due to (1) the introduction of the contamination into the helium collecting lines, (2) the damage in the re-condensation system, and (3) the extra consumption of liquid helium in the experiment and the preparation. To avoid the contamination, we added a detector to the helium collecting line and monitor the helium gas concentration during the operation. Pulsed magnet: the pulsed magnet system was developed to reach 40 T, collaborating with Prof. Nojiri (Tohoku University). Longer pulsed magnet system was developed to reach 21.5 T, collaborating with Drs Kohama and Nakajima (the University of Tokyo). Humidity control: the humidity control system, where the ratio of light water and heavy water is controlled, is used in the experiment on the small-angle neutron scattering instrument, TAIKAN (BL15), the neutron reflectometers, SHARAKU (BL17), SOFIA (BL16), and the backscattering spectrometer, DNA (BL02).
Acknowledgement We thank Mr. Saad Elorfi (ORNL, SNS) for his kind technical advice on a remote liquid helium transfer system.
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ABSTRACT 17
Collaborative Robotics as a Scalable and Reconfigurable Automation Platform for Sample Environment Operations at SNS and HFIR
Author: LEE, Sunho (Neutron Scattering Division)
As neutron scattering experiments become more complex, sample-environment operations must support increasingly diverse sample geometries, repetitive and precision-dependent workflows, limited beamtime, and greater demand for remote and off-shift operation. At Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) and High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR), a portfolio of deployed and developing collaborative-robot applications is demonstrating how a common robotic platform can address these challenges across multiple instruments and laboratory workflows. Current automation applications span automated Banjo cuvette cleaning using robotic pick-andplace and PLC-controlled fluid handling; high-capacity cryogenic sample exchange at MaNDi with automated goniometer positioning and EPICS-based control; temperature-controlled sample handling at EQ-SANS; robotic pipetting, sample preparation, and flow-cell interfacing for BIO- SANS using pressure-based fluid control and EPICS integration; a rail-mounted seven-axis samplehandling system for MARS; nonmagnetic robotic manipulation for challenging high-field sample environments; and robotic assistance for sample-stick handling at MAGREF. Together, these systems demonstrate that collaborative robots can serve not simply as task-specific manipulators, but as a flexible automation infrastructure that can be adapted through interchangeable end effectors, fixtures, auxiliary motion axes, process hardware, and control interfaces. This approach can reduce repetitive and ergonomically demanding manual operations, improve consistency and repeatability of sample handling, reduce personnel interaction with challenging experimental environments, and increase effective beamtime utilization by shifting routine operations away from the experimental critical path. Integration strategies ranging from deterministic robot I/O and PLC sequencing to EPICS-connected workflows also provide a practical pathway from stand-alone laboratory automation to coordinated beamline operation and, ultimately, remote or unattended experimentation. A key objective is to extend these individual implementations into a standardized and reusable automation architecture encompassing robotic interfaces, tooling, controls, safety, and verification methods. By reducing application-specific engineering effort and enabling proven solutions to be transferred across instruments, collaborative robotics offers a scalable foundation for improving scientific productivity, operational reliability, safety, and experimental capability across SNS and HFIR.
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EPICS-Based Sample Environment Controls and Automation
Author: RUIZ-RODRIGUEZ, Mariano
EPICS-Based Sample Environment Controls and Automation
This presentation will highlight how EPICS is used across the Spallation Neutron Source beamlines to integrate diverse sample-environment equipment into a common controls architecture. Topics include hardware communication, CSS/Phoebus interfaces, access security, archiving, alarms, experimental metadata, robotics, and automated experiment scans.
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ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Facility Update
Author: Dr. LAWSON, Christopher (STFC)
I will present a facility update on behalf of the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, including technical capability, staffing, and future directions.
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ABSTRACT 20
Sample Environment Operational Challenges at the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source.
Author: Mr. GOODWAY, Chris (UKRI - STFC)
Over the past 9 months at STFC we have been reviewing how the Sample Environment Group conducts operations and organises projects whilst also looking at the ever-present tension between the two. The review involved engaging and constructive conversation with representatives from other neutron scattering facilities, high lighting similar experiences with operations and the running of projects. This talk focuses on the operational challenges experienced in the support of neutron scattering experiments at a large facility and features areas where the group are progressing well as well as areas where changes are being made.
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In-situ Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy probe for Neutron Scattering
Author: FANELLI, Victor (ORNL Neutron Science Directorate)
The Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy (RUS) technique provides high-precision, non-destructive, and quick measurements of the elastic properties in solid materials. A neutron-compatible RUS probe integrated with low and high temperature sample environment expanding the options for insitu characterization of small, mm-cm sized solid materials during neutron scattering experiments is presented. The rapid evolution of the ultrasonic response in the vicinity of phase transitions enables an intrinsic, high-precision tracking of the sample state in-situ, more precisely than through temperature or magnetic field sensors. Furthermore, the macroscopic elastic information obtained by RUS, such as acoustic attenuation, shear and bulk modulus also, is an ideal counterpoint to the atomic scale information obtained by neutron diffraction. The value of the in-situ character of RUS combined with neutron scattering is that both atomic scale and elasticity information are obtained in the exact same condition allowing accurate correlation and quality studies of, for example, irreversible phenomena or transient behavior.
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Recent Developments and Concepts in High-Temperature Sample Environment at TUM SE@MLZ
Author: BUCHNER, Andreas (MLZ)
The poster will present the latest additions to the FRM2-SE high-temperature equipment featuring a compact high-temperature furnace designed to be used in combination with our 2.5 T magnet, a small vacuum furnace of the imaging instrument ANTARES, and a new proposal for a fast sample changer exchange gas sample stick. The compact HTF (also called Magnet Furnace) was designed to reach temperatures of about 1100 ℃ even though its size is much more compact (Ø 80 mm) compared to a standard HTF. The vacuum furnace of ANTARES was designed for lower temperatures with a max. T of 400 ℃ via resistive heating, where the sample is clamped between two aluminium plates.
In addition, a new concept for a fast sample-change gas sample stick will be presented. The idea is to separate different gas volumes by means of a quartz-glass section, thereby isolating the sample region from the remaining furnace body containing the niobium heating elements. This could significantly speed up the sample change, as it would no longer be necessary to wait until the entire furnace body and the niobium heating elements have cooled down before changing the sample
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ABSTRACT 23
ISIS Electrical and Electronics Support Group Update
Author: SCHASTNY, Maksim (STFC) September 23, 2026 Page 42 13th Internationa … / Report of Abstracts ISIS Electrical and Electronics Sup …
This presentation will provide a general update on the activities of the ISIS Electrical and Electronics Support Group, covering recent achievements, ongoing projects, and future priorities. Key technical developments, project progress, and upcoming milestones will be presented, offering insight into the group’s role in supporting ISIS operations and delivering scientific programme.
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ABSTRACT 24
High Temperature Sample Environment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Author: MILLS, Bekki (ORNL)
The High Temperature Sample Environment Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory supports neutron scattering experiments at the Spallation Neutron Source and High Flux Isotope Reactor. The program provides the equipment and technical expertise needed for experiments ranging from routine furnace measurements to specialized studies requiring controlled atmospheres, high vacuum, rapid thermal cycling, or containerless processing. The group maintains a diverse suite of sample environments, including vacuum and atmosphere furnaces, tube furnaces, automated sample changers, and electrostatic and aerodynamic levitation systems. Current development efforts focus on temperature measurement and uncertainty, equipment reliability, automation, remote operation, cooling performance, and standardized interfaces for use across multiple beamlines. The group supports the full experimental lifecycle, including experiment planning, sample and containment review, pre-experiment testing, installation, operation, troubleshooting, and equipment restoration. This work requires balancing scientific capability with safety, reliability, maintainability, and the demands of continuous facility operations. This presentation will provide an overview of ORNL’s high-temperature capabilities, recent equipment improvements, and the challenges of delivering reliable and adaptable sample environments to a diverse neutron scattering community.
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ACNS Facility Update & Sample Environment Improvements
Author: DAVIDSON, Gene (ANSTO)
In this poster we present a brief update of the ACNS facility, including celebrating 20 years since the OPAL reactor first reached criticality. In addition, we outline some of our latest sample environment upgrades and improvements, as follows: Development of our custom 1.5 K cryostat, with testing underway to validate design elements focusing on robust operation and ease of installation. Design of a new gas-handling rack and gas-dosing sample probe, integrating proven features and techniques from established systems to improve the performance, maintainability, ease of operation, functionality, and sample thermalization. Upgrading our SE communication methods to utilise SECoP and harness the rich metadata for use in MQTT publishing, time-series database logging, and live dashboard development. Commissioning of universal testing machine (UTM) on neutron beam instrument (Wombat), including tension test results showing the UTM combined with Wombat can analyse polycrystalline samples across various stresses.
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Automated Helium-4 Gas Handling and Dry Cold Trap development for cryogenic sample environments at TUM SE@MLZ
Author: VOGL, Lukas (Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II))
The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) is a leading facility for research using neutrons and positrons. The Sample Environment group supports MLZ user operations by maintaining and operating sample environment equipment, with a strong emphasis on in-house engineering to meet complex experimental requirements. We present two in-house developments in cryogenic gas-handling infrastructure. First, we show the completion of a new, in-house designed and built gas-handling rack for our 1K-CCR, featuring integrated automation for cycle flushing and the cooldown procedure. Automated valve sequencing significantly reduces the time required for these procedures, streamlining operation and reducing operator workload. Control and monitoring are handled through ‘SPIN’, an MLZ developed web-based interface that displays all relevant system parameters in real time and allows direct control of valves and automation routines from any networked device.
Second, we present an in-house developed Dry Cold Trap, based on a small Stirling Pulse-Tube Cooler, for use across multiple cryogenic setups. By eliminating the need for LN2 refills, this system aims to significantly reduce both liquid nitrogen consumption and the maintenance time associated with traditional cold traps, while maintaining comparable trapping performance.
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Systematic Studies of Large-Area Polyimide X-ray Windows used for Synchrotron Beamline Instrumentation
Author: Mr. GANN, Eliot
X-ray-transparent windows are commonly used as vacuum barriers at synchrotron beamlines. Several materials can be used for these applications, including beryllium, diamond, silicon nitride, and polyimide; however, material selection involves tradeoffs among X-ray transmission and scattering, mechanical strength, available window size, cost, manufacturability, and safety considerations. Polyimide provides a practical and cost-efficient solution for relatively large-area windows but can undergo significant plastic and time-dependent deformation under differential pressure. Window failures experienced in beamline applications highlight the need to better understand these effects and establish appropriate design limits and preventive maintenance schedules. As an initial case study, a large-area polyimide X-ray window is being developed for the Soft Matter Interfaces beamline at the National Synchrotron Light Source II. The design uses a 0.127 mm (5 mil) thick, 127 mm diameter polyimide foil integrated into a pendulum valve and subjected to approximately one atmosphere of differential pressure. Analytical and nonlinear finite element methods were used to evaluate the mechanical response, with material properties based on experimental stress-strain data. The model was validated using pressure testing of the window assembly. The finite element analysis predicted a center displacement of 12.706 mm compared with 12.773 mm experimentally, a difference of approximately 0.5%.
Long-term creep and X-ray-induced degradation are being investigated separately to assess their contribution to window lifetime. The overall analytical, numerical, and experimental approach is intended to support qualification of polyimide X-ray windows and development of appropriate inspection and replacement intervals for beamline applications.
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Tubular Atmosphere Thermomechanical Experimental Rig
Author: CLAUSEN, Bjørn (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
The global demand for sustainable energy has intensified commercial interest in technologies such as hydrogen combustion and fusion power. Understanding the mechanical behavior of structural materials in the extreme operating environments - high-temperature, hydrogen-rich atmospheres - is crucial to the successful adoption of these technologies. To address this need, we have developed the Tubular Atmosphere Thermomechanical Experimental Rig (TATER) for the SMARTS engineering materials beamline at the Lujan Neutron Scattering Center. TATER employs a tubular tensile specimen geometry that enables simultaneous hydrogen charging, controlled heating, and mechanical loading during in-situ neutron diffraction measurements. This unique configuration allows for the study of microstructural evolution and deformation mechanisms in service-relevant conditions for materials such as breeder-blanket structural materials for fusion applications. This poster will present the design capabilities and potential applications for TATER in studying materials performance in extreme conditions encountered in next-generation power systems.
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Sample temperature measurement in ILL-type vacuum furnace during in-situ experiments
Author: DEPOTTEY, Austin (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Obtaining accurate temperature measurements during in-situ heating experiments in ILL-type vacuum furnaces present a significant challenge in interpreting the resulting neutron diffraction data. The lack of direct access to the sample requires the use of indirect methods, such as lattice parameter expansion of a known standard to back-calculate the sample temperature post-experiment. However, the accuracy of this method is dependent on the reference material being the same temperature as the sample and requires intimate thermal contact with the sample. Thermal modeling shows that the method of wrapping foil around a bulk sample provides insufficient thermal contact, leading to significant temperature discrepancies - particularly during fast cooling. This poster explores several methods of packaging the expansion standard with a bulk metallic specimen to compare which method provides the most accurate measurement over a range of temperatures and heating/cooling rates.
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Soft Matter Sample Environments at ORNL
Author: HEROUX, Luke (ORNL-Neutron Sciences)
Facility update of Environments being maintained, deployed, and developed by the Soft Matter Sample Environment group at Oak Ridge National Lab
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Attocube Nanopositioning and Low-Background Sample Environment for CORELLI at SNS
Author: LIURUKARA, Duminda
Improving sample alignment and reducing experimental background are critical for enhancing the sensitivity of diffuse scattering measurements on CORELLI. To address these challenges, a nanopositioning Attocube system has been implemented to precisely center samples on the instrument’ s axis of rotation, significantly improving the uniformity of measured intensity during sample rotation. To address this issue, a nanopositioning Attocube system has been implemented, allowing the crystal to be precisely centered on the instrument’s axis of rotation. In this presentation, I will discuss the sample alignment improvement results in an almost constant Intensity, measuring a Vanadium sample, throughout the sample rotation, whereas measurements performed without the Attocube exhibit significant intensity variations. This demonstrates a substantial improvement in sample positioning and data quality.
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Update on ILL sample environment team activities
Author: LELIÈVRE-BERNA, Eddy (ILL)
Since the ISSE workshop in Båstad, the Endurance programme has been completed and more than 40 instruments are operational. Last year, we carried out as many experiments as in 1999, but in only two cycles compared with 4.5. At the time of the workshop, we will be running the third cycle of 2026. During the past two years, we have installed the VTI and commissioned the world’s first 12 Tesla full-HTS magnet, built by HTS-110 [1]. This asymmetric magnet is used mainly on the singlecrystal diffractometer D23, but also on other diffractometers and three-axis spectrometers. In January, we were delighted to announce our partnership with HTS-110 to design and manufacture further full-HTS magnets for neutron and X-ray facilities [2]. To facilitate collaboration and the exchange of equipment, we have developed a SECoP library for PLCs, available on the ISSE GitHub pages [3]. This API is based on the free CODESYS programming tool, which implements the international IEC 61131-3 standard [4]. SECoP is now implemented in the 1 GPa liquid and gas SITEC controllers and in the adsorption and Langmuir troughs. In parallel, we have upgraded the 1 GPa SITEC helium gas pressure generator to substantially improve its reliability, built a larger Langmuir trough (based on the Kibron G2 model) and prepared a copy of the G1 version for PSI. In response to user demand, we have also built a third PE cryostat and assembled a second Be filter based on a compact Stirling cold head from THALES. We are currently working on many new projects. In particular, we are designing a test bench for fuel cells, a sample stick for in-situ Raman spectroscopy and various laser-illumination setups. We are contributing to the development of large-volume anvils for the PE press (ISIS, UPMC), a Rheo-SANS setup (PSI) and a quantum computer using neutrons (TU-Wien). We are also preparing the magnetic trap of the UCN source SuperSUN, the replacement of the coil of the 40 T magnet and the construction of another zero-field polarimeter Cryopad. Faced with activation issues on the dilution inserts, we are envisaging the construction of a new series of inserts.
[1] https://www.hts-110.com/world-first-12-tesla-all-hts-magnet-for-neutron-science/ [2] https://www.ill.eu/en/about-the-ill/news-and-events/news/paving-the-way-for-next-generationhigh-magnetic-field-sample-environments-in-neutron-scattering/ [3] https://github.com/SampleEnvironment/SECoP-PLC [4] https://www.codesys.com
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Facility News from PSI
Author: BARTKOWIAK, Marek (Paul Scherrer Institute)
The operation and improvement of its large scale facilities is one of PSI’s core missions. We are in preparation to upgrade the muon extraction and have started to explore the development opportunities for the neutron facility with the SINQ++ project idea. I will provide an overview of the ongoing projects and elucidate the opportunities and challenges for the sample environment group.
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Development of high-capacity thermalized static and tumbling (U)SANS sample changers at ACNS
Author: BALDWIN, Chris (ANSTO)
In this poster we present a recently developed system of static and tumbling sample changers developed for the SANS and USANS instruments at ACNS. The SCs utilize thermoelectric coolers to achieve individual temperature control on each sample, ranging from -35 ℃ to 150 ℃ for static samples and -20 ℃ to 110 ℃ for tumbling samples. The systems are based on small (2 or 4 position) modules with self-contained temperature control electronics, which are daisy-chained to provide scalability. The modules are contained within a compact shroud with an integrated dry nitrogen sprayer system to prevent condensation during operation. The tumbling changers also include an integrated forced convection system to improve sample thermalisation. Multiple sample changer and tumbler arrays can be stacked vertically to fill the full operational envelope of our sample translation stages –this enables a maximum capacity of 44 individually temperature-controlled positions –32 static and 12 tumbling - simultaneously on Quokka, with a total path length of only 92 mm. The poster will share an overview of the systems’features, architecture, and sample temperature characterisation measurements.
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The Imagine-X DNP Cryostat
Author: PIERCE, Josh
Polarized neutron diffraction from spin polarized protein crystals has been identified as a powerful potential tool to accelerate drug discovery. To utilize this tool, a new Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP) system has been built as part of a larger DOE BRAVE project to increase the rate at which neutron data contributes to the understand of protein structure and function. Combined with a new, modern detector upgrade to the IMAGINE beamline at the High Flux Isotope reactor, as well a new data analysis software, the DNP system will allow measurements of the spin dependence of the diffraction which will enhance the ability to determine the location of hydrogen atoms in protein structures by a factor of 50. The heart of the DNP system is a new, dry, high powered evaporation refrigerator, with an integrate 5T Helmholtz coil for the highest possible acceptance for scattered neutrons. This presentation will give a brief overview of the project, followed by a description of the DNP system and its componennts. Current commissioning status will also be discussed, as well as future projects.
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Soft Matter Sample Environment at ISIS: Operations, Development and Innovation
Author: DALTON, James September 23, 2026 Page 72 13th Internationa … / Report of Abstracts Soft Matter Sample Environment a …
An overview of the ISIS Soft Matter Sample Environment team, how operations and development work together, and the current developments improving capability, automation and experimental efficiency.
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Status of the ESS Sample Environment Magnet Suite
Author: HOLMES, Alexander (European Spallation Source ERIC)
The ESS Magnet suite includes a number of new, second hand, and off the shelf magnets in various states of development. I will describe the different magnets available and planned, how they were selected, and some of the challenges faced in the process. Our latest commission is a 14T 2G HTSC based vertical split pair, with incorporated recondensing helium bath and VTI suitable for ULT inserts. This magnet sits at the sweet spot at the limits of Nb-based magnet technology but well within the capabilities of HTSC, and promises to lay the groundwork for a new generation of high field scattering magnets.
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SNS Low Temperature and Magnets Current Capabilities and Developments
Author: FANELLI, Victor (ORNL Neutron Science Directorate)
We present the sample environment capabilities requiring the largest fraction of support from the Low Temperatures and Magnets group at SNS: deployment, operation, oversight, and support of equipment in lowand ultra-low temperatures and applied magnetic field. This poster includes ongoing efforts in combining experimental capabilities, incorporating multimodal characterization of materials (laser excitation, ultrasound spectroscopy, etc…), and a summary of developments to optimize operation of equipment for the neutron scattering scientific user program at ORNL NScD. This work used resources at both the High Flux Isotope Reactor and Spallation Neutron Source, DOE Office of Science User Facilities operated by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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Enhancing Dilution Refrigerator Control Using Programmable Logic Controller
Author: YUE, Guang (ORNL Neutron Science Directorate)
Dilution refrigerators (DRs) are widely used in neutron scattering experiments to provide sample environments at temperatures below 100 mK. These devices require long preparation times before beam operations and are generally more complex to operate compared with other cooling systems designed for higher base temperatures. Therefore, automated control of DRs is essential for improving operational efficiency. In this work, we present a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)–based control unit for DR automation. This system replaces the original PC based control unit of a commercial DR without modifying its gas handling components or the dilution refrigerator insert. The PLC based solution offers improved functionality, greater customization capabilities, enhanced cybersecurity, and better compatibility with EPICS based software at neutron scattering facilities.
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Overview of High Pressure Sample Environment at HFIR and SNS
Author: MOLAISON, Jamie
Overview of High Pressure Sample Environment at HFIR and SNS
The High Pressure Sample Environment Group, serving both the Spallation Neutron Source and the High Flux Isotope Reactor, is in a rebuilding phase, presenting the organization with both challenges and opportunities. The group is being rebuilt to better meet the needs of the user community through a renewed commitment to operational excellence, broadening the application of established techniques across the facilities. and development of next-generation apparatus. The state of high pressure sample environment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory as well as future directions will be presented. Furthermore, strategies for fostering internal, domestic, and international partnerships will be discussed.
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Development of Sample Environments for Relative Humidity Control at SNS and HFIR
Author: QIAN, Shuo (ORNL)
Relative humidity (RH) is an important environmental variable in many research areas, including polymers, biological materials, and forest products, where hydration can directly affect material structure and dynamics. Over the past decade, several RH-controlled sample environments have been developed and deployed at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) and High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) to enable in situ neutron measurements under controlled hydration conditions. These systems typically couple beamline-compatible sample chambers with commercial RH generators. The generator mixes dry and water-saturated gas streams using mass-flow controllers to produce the desired RH, with a remote RH sensor near the sample providing continuous monitoring and feedback for control. This relatively simple approach has proven effective and flexible, providing a robust capability for experiments ranging from membrane diffraction to small-angle neutron scattering studies of moisture-dependent structure in wood and other soft materials. Building on these existing capabilities, we are collecting additional science and instrument requirements for the next generation of RH-controlled sample environments. Development priorities include improved compatibility across beamlines, more flexible sample geometries, and improved temperature stability. Of particular interest is in situ control of the H₂O/D₂O vapor composition at a defined RH, which would combine hydration control with neutron contrast variation. This presentation will review the existing RH-control capabilities at SNS and HFIR, examples of their scientific applications, and opportunities for future development.
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cranking up the pressure –the high pressure program at SINQ
Author: Dr. SIMUTIS, Gediminas
Hydrostatic and uniaxial pressure are important tuning parameters to create and control new states within solid-state matter. However, due to the resulting geometrical constraints and the limited choice of neutron-compatible materials, it is notoriously difficult to perform pressure-controlled experiments at neutron scattering facilities. With the successful conclusion of the SINQ guide upgrade, we started to modernise our highpressure user support program. We will present our strategy, the progress we have made in its implementation, as well as the latest developments.
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Integrating Nanocenters into Neutron Sample-Environment Workflows
Author: WARD, Zac (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Modern x-ray and neutron experiments increasingly depend on sophisticated sample environments that reproduce the physical, chemical, and processing conditions under which materials function. As these environments become more specialized, there is a growing need for complementary measurements that establish sample readiness, connect neutron observables to broader structure–property relationships, and improve the scientific return from limited beamtime. The Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS), a DOE Nanoscale Science Research Center co-located with the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is developing strategies to support neutron workflows through integrated synthesis, nanofabrication, multimodal characterization, and data-centered experimental planning. This poster will provide an overview of CNMS capabilities that can contribute to neutron and x-ray sample-environment programs. CNMS offers user-accessible synthesis and processing platforms for thin films, quantum materials, soft matter, nanostructures, interfaces, and functional devices, along with a broad suite of structural, chemical, electronic, optical, scanning probe, electron microscopy, and laboratory x-ray characterization tools. These capabilities can be used to pre-screen samples before neutron beamtime, verify phase purity, morphology, thickness, homogeneity, device function, and environmental compatibility, and identify which samples are most likely to yield high-value neutron data. In parallel, CNMS measurements can provide complementary information that is difficult to obtain during neutron experiments alone, creating richer multimodal datasets for interpretation, modeling, and AI-enabled analysis.
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A standardised approach to automation and digitalisation of complex operando experiments
Author: KIEFER, Klaus (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin)
The integration of complex operando sample environments into synchrotron and neutron experiments poses significant challenges for automation, orchestration, and digital data handling. Photon and neutron research facilities increasingly rely on highly automated experimental workflows in order to manage growing experimental complexity, improve reproducibility, and enable remote and autonomous operation. In particular, operando experiments combining multiple heterogeneous devices and data sources require standardised approaches for device communication, orchestration, and data and metadata handling. Without sufficiently structured interfaces and a unified digital representation, the integration of complex operando equipment with beamline instrumentation becomes difficult to establish and maintain. A key aspect of this development is the introduction of generic abstraction layers between hardware and experiment control. Semantically defined, machine-readable communication protocols such as SECoP (Sample Environment Communication Protocol) provide a generic interface for operando experiment equipment independent of vendor-specific implementations. This enables interoperable control architectures, simplifies automation, and supports the portability of experimental workflows between beamlines and even between facilities. In parallel, FAIR-compatible metadata structures support automated processing workflows including AI-supported analysis pipelines. These concepts were implemented e.g. within the Helmholtz-funded ROCK-IT project (Remote, Operando-Controlled, Knowledge-driven, and IT-based), which aimed to establish standardised and remotely accessible experimental infrastructures across several German research centres. Here, operando catalysis experiments serve as a representative use case due to their particularly demanding combination of control parameters (e.g. gas composition, flow, pressure, temperature), multimodal analytical methods (gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, FTIR spectroscopy), and time-dependent experimental workflows. In this contribution, we present the automation and digitalisation concepts developed at HZB for operando experiments, focusing on standardised interfaces, orchestration strategies, and FAIRcompatible data and metadata structures.
https://sampleenvironment.github.io/secop-site/intro/index.html https://www.rock-it-project.de/
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ESS Facility Update
Author: SAXTRUP, Lauritz
Since the last ISSA meeting in 2024, ESS and the Sample Environment Group have made significant progress. At the facility level, a more realistic schedule, considering the complexity and associated challenges of the project, has been updated for the whole facility, implying new dates for ¨beam on target “ (BOT) and user operation (SOUP).
At the Sample Environment group level, we have made progress. This poster presents an updated overview of the sample environment equipment available, under commissioning, and under development to support a broad range of experiments. The equipment includes low-temperature, high-pressure, magnets, mechanical engineering, high-temperature, and soft matter and chemistry.
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Illumination Cell for SANS and Neutron Spin Echo
Author: HEROUX, Luke (ORNL-Neutron Sciences)
A variety of soft materials undergo structural or dynamical changes following exposure to specific wavelengths of light. However, measurements of these photoresponsive systems during SANS or NSE experiments can prove challenging without disrupting the scattering geometry or sample environment. Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Soft Matter Sample Environment Group, in cooperation with multiple neutron instrument staff, have developed a flexible sample environment to apply in-situ sample illumination during SANS or NSE experiments. Using LED’s, a range of wavelengths and intensities can be applied while simultaneously controlling temperature using a Peltier. The systems have been integrated with EPICS controls and can currently be installed at Bio-SANS, EQ-SANS, and Neutron Spin Echo. This illumination environment platform provides a flexible approach for studying photoresponsive soft matter and other light-sensitive materials under realistic in-situ conditions and expands the multi-modal characterization capabilities of SANS and NSE.
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Automated Sample Environments for Soft Matter and Chemistry for Neutron Reflectometry
Author: Mr. ARNOLD, Thomas
To support the growing range of experiments planned at the European Spallation Source (ESS), dedicated sample environments are being developed for the reflectometry beamline. This poster presents the current status of the sample-environment developments for reflectometry, including dedicated solid–liquid cells, Langmuir troughs, and liquid/air troughs. A particular focus is placed on the development of an automated sample changer system for liquid–air troughs. In collaboration with Lund University, a robotic-arm-based solution is being developed to enable automated sample handling and exchange during measurements. The development combines mechanical design, automation and control of the sample-changing process. The poster highlights the progress towards automated sample exchange as well as other sample environment system developed for reflectometry at ESS.
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Modular Grazing-Incidence SANS Sample Environment for BL-6 EQ-SANS
Author: NEAL, Christopher (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Interfaces and thin films often exhibit complex nanostructures that are inaccessible or difficult to resolve using conventional transmission small-angle neutron scattering measurements. Grazing- Incidence SANS (“GISANS”) provides a means to probe both in-plane and out-of-plane structure near surfaces and interfaces, enabling more comprehensive characterization of thin films, membranes, coatings, and related interfacial materials. The Soft Matter Sample Environment group and EQ-SANS at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Spallation Neutron Source have developed a modular GISANS sample environment capable of studying these materials over a wide range of conditions, including temperatures from ambient to +180 ºC, organic vapor exposure, pressure, humidity, and electrochemical environments. GI-SANS measurements of vapor-annealed block copolymer thin films demonstrate the ability to track film swelling upon vapor uptake and the resulting changes in copolymer mobility. This new GISANS setup provides a flexible platform for in-situ studies of thin-film systems and enables controlled measurements of structural evolution under external stimuli.
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High Precision Uniaxial and Hydrostatic Pressure Cells for Quantum Material Neutron Experiments
Author: BHOI, Dilip (Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Quantum materials exhibit rich and complex electronic phases and are highly relevant for technologies such as quantum computing, catalysis, and energy storage. Furthermore, even weak external stimuli—such as pressure, strain, or magnetic fields—can rapidly transform these systems, revealing multiple quantum phase transitions driven by competing interactions. To tune the physical properties of quantum materials in a controlled manner, it is essential to use clean tuning parameters, such as pressure and magnetic field, which do not introduce disorder into the system. These parameters allow precise control over electronic bandwidth and exchange interactions. In this presentation, I will introduce the technical specifications and compatible sample environments for the high‑precision uniaxial and hydrostatic pressure cells available for quantum‑material neutron scattering experiments at HFIR/SNS at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. I will also present scientific examples demonstrating how precise control of uniaxial and hydrostatic pressure is crucial for investigating emergent quantum phases in van der Waals materials, topological magnets, and superconductors.
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Create, Characterize, Innovate & Investigate with Quantum Design
Author: STREHLOW, Charles (Quantum Design Oxford) September 23, 2026 Page 100 13th Internationa … / Report of Abstracts Create, Characterize, Innovate & I …
A poster version of a long-form talk combining multiple application notes from Applications Lab scientists at both Quantum Design and Quantum Design Oxford (formerly Oxford Instruments Nanoscience). The poster highlights how QD products can support researchers through many phases of the experimental lifecycle.
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The Development of X ray Transparent Flexible Microfluidics For the Automation of Serial Crystallography and Time Resolved Studies
Author: D, Peter (Diamond light source)
For many years microfluidic devices have been of potential interest for the X-ray community [1]. However, commonly constructed devices in PDMS and Glass are restricted in their application, as these materials are not X-ray transparent, compromising the signal-to-noise of measurements. Recent advances in materials and manufacturing technology [2] has overcome this with flow cells made from silicon nitride. These flow cells are near X ray transparent but still require a traditional clamping framework and ports to handle the pressure demands, so remain troublesome and time consuming to configure. The devices described here offer a step change away from these limitations, by exploiting a multilayered approach. The functional flow-cell design is manufactured (see figure )1 from polymer sheet with the features machined into it using a laser. This forms a middle layer containing the ‘on-chip architecture’which is then bonded to a base layer and a top layer containing ports to realise the complete chip. As the middle layer is precision-laser-cut rather than moulded, channel dimensions are highly controllable with channel widths as low as 50 microns routine. This novel manufacture process has been developed by the commercial company LasX[3] and applied here to a material that is near X ray transparent (see figure 2). This frees up the scientist to focus on the experimental variables under investigation, such as reactant mixing rates, rather than compromise the experiment to fit with the limitations of traditional flow-cell design and construction. We report the first data collection from a prototype microfluidic channel design, to demonstrate data collection from a flowing slurry of protein crystals for macro-molecular crystallography (MX) on beamline I24 at Diamond Light Source. The full potential of these devices will be realised via a collaboration between Diamond Light Source, LasX and the University of Limerick with the following objectives:
To build on these prototype chips; optimising designs and flows and test protocols where these
devices can be loaded remotely and stably stored before being sent to Diamond for testing on the beamline.
Investigate circulatory chips, wherein a tiny pump (see figure 3 is incorporated into the chip and
the crystals within the deposited slurry are circulated, ensuring the maximum amount of sample delivers data.
Light-tight chips loaded in darkness for light-activated experiments, exploiting both inherently
light-sensitive proteins or reactive caged compounds released on illumination. These will have separate windows for laser activation and X-ray data collection. Time between light activation and X-ray measurement can be controlled with flowrate.
Chips that explore mixing for time-resolved chemically activated experiments. Layouts can be
modelled and then constructed to dictate sample flows and mixing rates, thus allowing the investigation of activation chemistry over a range of time points from millisecond to tens of seconds. All this architecture can be contained within a polymer chip the same size as a credit card.
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ORCA - Oak Ridge Cryostat Automation and ULTRA –Ultra Low Temperature Refrigeration Automation
Author: FLETCHER, Cory (ORNL Sample Environment) September 23, 2026 Page 104 13th Internationa … / Report of Abstracts ORCA - Oak Ridge Cryostat Auto …
ORCA and ULTRA are in-house built, PLC based control systems for wet cryostats, super conducting magnets, and dilution inserts. Coupled together they give full automated control of the host system and the insert allowing for temperatures ranging from 300K down to <50mK without the need to be linked to a computer.
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Helium Recovery System for the Spallation Neutron Source ORNL.
Author: WHITE, Tyler (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
We present progress on the construction and setup of a helium recovery facility system. This system addresses facility wide collection, purification, and liquefaction of helium. The first phase of this project involves collection stations of helium gas in the North side of the SNS target building, including 3 beamlines and sample Environment work areas, accounting for almost 2/3 of SNS LHe usage. After compression of helium off-gas into gas cylinders, these will be transported to the SNS Central Helium Liquefier station for purification, liquefaction, and filling of LHe dewars. This system establishes a baseline for operational refinement, expandable to the South side of SNS, HFIR and other helium users in ORNL. Acknowledgements: This work is sponsored by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U. S. Department of Energy and used resources at the Spallation Neutron Source, DOE Office of Science User Facilities operated by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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Development efforts in ORNL’s High Temperature Sample Environment group
Author: QUIRINALE, Dante (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
The High Temperature Sample Environment group at ORNL’s Neutron Scattering Division is continuously attempting to respond to the user community’s needs and improve the capabilities available. A number of developments are underway and will be discussed. Among other projects, we continue the expansion of the levitation program in an effort to extend the temperature range offered to our users, as well as open up new classes of materials for study. We have also extended our work on characterization of our sample environments in order to target better upgrade routes as well as offer our users a better estimate of our capabilities.
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Ultra-high field pulsed magnet program at the SNS
Author: SHERLINE, Todd (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
The ultra high field pulsed magnet program at the Spallation Neutron Source is being revitalized through the development of a 30 T vertical field split pair pulsed magnet (VFPM) and a capacitive pulsed magnet power supply (PMPS) designed specifically for this coil pair. This new capability will provide broad access to Q space at fields up to 30 T. The VFPM, the existing horizontal field pulsed magnet, and the two capacitive PMPS units will be described, and recent testing results will be presented.
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Development of a multi-axis cryogenic goniometer for HFIR sample environment.
Author: YUROV, Mikhail (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Precise orientation of single-crystal samples is essential for accurate neutron-based structure analysis and efficient reciprocal-space coverage. Conventional neutron scattering instruments typically use external goniometers to reorient crystals relative to the beam; however, sample-environment constraints can limit flexibility and introduce substantial experimental overhead, particularly at low temperatures and under high magnetic fields. This challenge is especially pronounced in emerging Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP)-enhanced instruments, such as the HFIR Imagine- X beamline, where the complexity of the DNP infrastructure precludes the use of external goniometers. To address this limitation, we have developed a multi-axis positioning system based on piezoelectric nanopositioners, enabling precise in-situ crystal alignment within the cryogenic, high-field DNP environment. The design and current performance of the positioning system will be presented.
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Advancing Liquid Handling Capabilities at Bio-SANS
Author: WEISS, Kevin
Liquid handling capabilities at the Bio-SANS beamline are being advanced through a combination of sample environment developments. Continuous flow size-exclusion chromatography SANS (SEC-SANS) is now available to support in situ separation of complex samples, reducing aggregation and enabling analysis of labile species. A stopped-flow capability and a robotic pipetting system are also under active development to support time-resolved studies and automated sample preparation respectively. These efforts aim to broaden experimental possibilities as well as improve the consistency and reliability of sample handling for biological SANS studies.
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Beam heating effects during high pressure diffraction experiments at ultra-low temperature
Author: SHERLINE, Todd (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
A clamped diamond anvil cell (DAC) with polycrystalline diamond anvils was used at ultra low temperatures on the high pressure diffractometer Spallation Neutrons and Pressure (SNAP) at the Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The DAC was attached to the mixing chamber of an Oxford Instruments TritonNANO dilution refrigerator with a nominal cooling power of 200 μW at 100 mK. A 3D printed B4C funnel shaped collimator was affixed directly to the cell to reduce background from the cell assembly. A maximum pressure of 6 GPa was applied to the rare earth compound Yb₂O₃, and the cell was cooled to 170 mK in the presence of the highly focused neutron beam. In the absence of the beam, however, the cell and mixing chamber have cooled to 58 mK. This temperature excursion of more than 100 mK indicates a heat input of a few hundred microwatts, which is presumed to result from a combination of the collimator absorbing the kinetic energy of the daughter products produced by neutron absorption and the concurrently generated gamma rays. Details of the heating effect and planned mitigation strategies are presented.
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New Developments in Low Temperature Sample Environments at HFIR
Author: NASYEDKIN, Kostyantyn (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
The High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the most powerful reactor-based neutron source in the United States and its 12 neutron-scattering instruments enable research across a broad range of scientific disciplines. The HFIR Low Temperature and Magnets Sample Environment (SE) Group annually supports hundreds of user-program neutron-scattering experiments at low and ultra-low temperatures through an extensive suite of cryogenic and magnet systems, while continuously developing new sample environments. Here we present an overview of new SE developments, with a particular focus on automation and the expansion of unique low temperature capabilities. These developments include in-house automated control systems for cryostats, cryomagnets, and dilution refrigerators; an ultra-low-temperature sample-change platform for powder diffraction; a cryogenic goniometer for sample positioning and alignment; and a high-voltage apparatus for neutron-scattering experiments in cryomagnets.
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Automated Liquid Handling at Bio-SANS
Author: WEISS, Kevin September 23, 2026 Page 120 13th Internationa … / Report of Abstracts Automated Liquid Handling at Bio- …
An automated liquid handling system is under development at Bio-SANS. The setup uses a combination of a pipette and a pressure controller to load samples and drive cleaning fluids in and out of a SANS flow cell. It features a custom nozzle and funnel interface for sample loading, as well as in-line liquid sensing. The current fluidic layout and basic workflow will be presented along with a preview of future directions.
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The Sample Environment Development Lab at Diamond
Author: WADY, Paul (Diamond Light Source Ltd)
Diamond’s Sample Environment Development Lab (SEDL) is dedicated to enabling collaboration between users and facility staff in order to develop new capabilities to enable ambitious experiments. The laboratory provides a full data acquisition and control stack to enable tests of control and readback from user sample environments. Sharing a control scheme enhances synchronisation between sample environment and X-ray data, allowing better time-resolution and allows for feedback between X-ray measurements and sample environment actions. This poster will showcase the laboratory equipment and provide case studies of capabilities that have been developed.
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The High-Pressure Program on SNAP: Where We Are and What Comes Next
Author: RIDLEY, Chris (ORNL)
The SNAP diffractometer at the Spallation Neutron Source supports a broad high-pressure program spanning the use of gas/clamp cells, Paris–Edinburgh presses, and diamond anvil cells. Together, these enable a wide range of scientific studies, from investigating quantum phenomena to understanding conditions relevant to distant planetary bodies. At the same time, the interests of the high-pressure community are expanding to include materials synthesis under pressure, increasingly small and difficult-to-produce samples, pathway-dependent and metastable transformations, and measurements combining pressure with high or low temperature and other external variables. There is also growing interest in samples that present challenges for conventional powderdiffraction measurements, including textured or partially crystalline materials and strongly absorbing compounds for which hydrogen, rather than deuterium, is scientifically important. These experiments place increasing emphasis not only on the accessible pressure range, but also on versatility, measurement efficiency, quantitative analysis, and ease of access for users. This presentation will review the current capabilities of SNAP and place them within the wider landscape of high-pressure neutron instrumentation and sample-environment development worldwide. It will describe how the SNAP program is responding to emerging experimental requirements through developments in pressure and temperature environments, neutron delivery, detector coverage, background reduction, and experimental and data-analysis workflows. Recent work to develop laser heating for neutron diamond-anvil-cell experiments will be presented as one example, providing a route toward measurements at simultaneous very high pressure and temperature. The presentation will conclude by considering how these developments could broaden the range of materials and conditions accessible to high-pressure neutron diffraction.
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Development of versatile sample cans for high temperature neutron studies
Author: KIRKHAM, Melanie (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
A common point of failure in high temperature neutron diffraction experiments is the sample container. Materials that are compatible at room temperature can have adverse reactions at elevated temperatures. We have developed standard sample container setups for different temperature ranges. The cans were originally designed for use with the POWGEN Auto-Changer (PAC cans) and have since been adopted for use at multiple beamlines at the Spallation Neutron Source. The PAC cans are constructed from vanadium sleeves with diameters of 6, 8, or 10 mm and incorporate titanium collars. The top collar features a knife-edge geometry designed to provide a reliable seal against a metal gasket. The collar uses a ½″-20 thread, enabling compatibility with a variety of interchangeable lids fabricated from materials including aluminum, titanium, copper, and ceramic. Extensive testing was conducted to evaluate the performance of vanadium gaskets and titanium and ceramic lids, with particular emphasis on sealing integrity and temperature response under elevated-temperature and high-pressure conditions. The results demonstrate that the PAC can design can support neutron scattering experiments at temperatures up to 1400 K and pressures up to 50 bar under the tested conditions. The development and qualification of standardized sample-can configurations provide a reliable approach for supporting high-temperature and high-pressure neutron experiments while improving operational consistency and safety. However, because sample properties, experimental conditions, and potential sample–container interactions can vary significantly, each experimental configuration must be individually evaluated to ensure safe and reliable operation.
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High-Field Magnets for Beam-Line Measurements and Ultra-Low-Temperature Applications
Author: MOITRA, Shashwata (Cryogenic US LLC)
As a leading supplier of superconducting magnets and low-temperature measurement systems, we present selected instruments from our broad range of cryogenic technologies designed and developed to meet the demanding requirements of research and industrial applications. Our range includes superconducting solenoids providing magnetic fields up to 21T, split-pair magnets up to 14T and 3T(x)-3T(y)-9T(z) vector magnets with DR or 3He Inserts for STM/AFM applications. We also offer UHV and beam-line systems, cryogen-free and liquid-helium-based magnet designs and high-homogeneity systems for NMR, ESR, and EPR measurements, including 1 ppm homogeneity solenoids up to 15T and 10 ppm split-pair magnets up to 8T.
In addition, our cryogenic technology range includes specialist cryostats, measurement systems, software automation and control electronics. By combining high-field magnet technology with advanced cryogenic and measurement capabilities, these systems provide flexible solutions for beam-line experiments, ultra-low-temperature research, spectroscopy, microscopy and other demanding scientific applications.
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Prototype Sample Holders at NCNR
Author: DAX, Tanya (NIST Center for Neutron Research)
The NIST Center for Neutron Research provides a variety of prototype and one-off sample holders on an as-needed basis to accommodate research needs. An overview of designs which are created in-house by Sample Environment staff and supported by the NCNR Engineering team.
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List of 2026 participants
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Saad Alnabulsi Quantum Design SAAD.ALNABULSI@QD-OXFORD.COM
Marek Bartkowiak Paul Scherrer Institut marek.bartkowiak@psi.ch
Dilip Kumar Bhoi ORNL bhoidk@ornl.gov
Andreas Buchner MLZ / FRM II Andreas.Buchner@frm2.tum.de
Charles Cimino Lake Shore Cryotronics chuck.cimino@lakeshore.com
Alice Corani European Spallation Source alice.corani@ess.eu
Tim D'Adam ANSTO timd@ansto.gov.au
James Dalton STFC james.dalton@stfc.ac.uk
Jackson Luis Da Silva European Spallation Source jackson.dasilva@ess.eu
Gene Davidson Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering ged@ansto.gov.au
Tanya Dax NIST Center for Neutron Research tanya.dax@nist.gov
Austin DePottey Los Alamos National Laboratory adepottey@lanl.gov
Peter Docker Diamond Light Source peter.docker@diamond.ac.uk
Artur Domingues Tavares de Sá MAX IV Laboratory artur.domingues@maxiv.lu.se
Antonio M. dos Santos ORNL dossantosam@ornl.gov
Jonathan Edelen RadiaSoft jedelen@radiasoft.net
Victor Fanelli ORNL fanellivr@ornl.gov
Cory Fletcher ORNL fletchercw@ornl.gov
Adam Laszlo Gera Brookhaven National Laboratory agera1@bnl.gov
Christopher Goodway STFC chris.goodway@stfc.ac.uk
Ihor Hapon European Spallation Source igrikg@gmail.com
Chris Heap ICE Oxford gareth.roberts@iceoxford.com
Yamali Hernandez NIST yamali@nist.gov
Luke Heroux ORNL herouxla@ornl.gov
Jasmine Hinton ORNL hintonjk@ornl.gov
Alexander Holmes European Spallation Source alexander.holmes@ess.eu
Haitao Hu Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences huht@ihep.ac.cn
Taotao Huang HTS-110 t.huang@hts-110.com
Svenja Jaeger MLZ / FRM II svenja.jaeger@frm2.tum.de
John Katsaras ORNL katsarasj@ornl.gov
Klaus Kiefer Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin klaus.kiefer@helmholtz-berlin.de
Melanie Kirkham ORNL kirkhammj@ornl.gov
David Kraft ORNL ddkjr27@gmail.com
Hugh Lazenby ICE Oxford hugh.lazenby@iceoxford.com
Christopher Lawson STFC christopher.lawson@stfc.ac.uk
Sunho Lee ORNL lees7@ornl.gov
Eddy Lelièvre-Berna Institut Laue-Langevin lelievre@ill.eu
Duminda Liurukara ORNL dumindasliurukara@gmail.com
Mark Loguillo ORNL loguillomj@ornl.gov
Gary Lynn ORNL lynngw@ornl.gov
Leyla Metin ORNL metinl@ornl.gov
Bekki Mills ORNL millsra@ornl.gov
Shashwata Moitra Cryogenic Limited shashwata@cryogenic-usa.com
Jamie Molaison ORNL J7t@ornl.gov
Ryan Morgan ORNL morganrj@ornl.gov
Kostyantyn Nasyedkin ORNL nasyedkink@ornl.gov
Christopher Neal ORNL nealca@ornl.gov
Ryan Oliver Lake Shore Cryotronics ryan.oliver@lakeshore.com
Tiffany Payne ORNL paynetj@ornl.gov
Jessica Pierce ORNL piercejd@ornl.gov
Josh Pierce ORNL piercejj@ornl.gov
Shuo Qian ORNL qians@ornl.gov
Dante Quirinale ORNL quirinaledg@ornl.gov
Patryk Radyjowski Advanced Cooling Technologies patryk.radyjowski@1-act.com
Christopher Ridley ORNL ridleycj@ornl.gov
Sebastian Robbins ORNL robbinssc@ornl.gov
Mariano Ruiz ORNL zma@ornl.gov
Tomche Runchevski Southern Methodist University truncevski@smu.edu
Valentyn Rubanskyi ORNL rubanskyiv@ornl.gov
Yoshifumi Sakaguchi CROSS y_sakaguchi@cross.or.jp
Lauritz Saxtrup European Spallation Source lauritz.saxtrup@ess.eu
Maksim Schastny STFC maksim.schastny@stfc.ac.uk
Masanori Sekizawa Taiyo Koko Co., Ltd. Masanori_Sekizawa@taiyokoko.co.jp
Todd Sherline ORNL sherlinete@ornl.gov
Julia Sinogeikina DAC Tools JULIA@DACTOOLS.COM
Stanislav Sinogeikin DAC Tools STAS@DACTOOLS.COM
David Slaperud Advanced Diamond Products dave@advanceddiamondproducts.com
Elijah Stevens ORNL stevensel@ornl.gov
Charles Strehlow Quantum Design Oxford Charles.Strehlow@QD-Oxford.com
Manuel Suarez MLZ / TUM manuel.suarez@frm2.tum.de
Nicholas Terrill Diamond Light Source nick.terrill@diamond.ac.uk
Katsuyoshi Tokumoto Taiyo Koko Co., Ltd. Katsuyoshi_Tokumoto@taiyokoko.co.jp
Emily Van Auken ORNL vanaukener@ornl.gov
Yegor Vekhov NIST / University of Maryland yegor.vekhov@nist.gov
Lukas Vogl TUM / FRM II lukas.vogl@frm2.tum.de
Paul Wady Diamond Light Source paul.wady@diamond.ac.uk
Zac Ward ORNL wardtz@ornl.gov
Kevin Weiss ORNL weisskl@ornl.gov
Tyler White ORNL whitetk@ornl.gov
John Woodson ORNL cjw@ORNL.gov
Rachel Woodrum ORNL woodrumrm@ornl.gov
Guang Yue ORNL yueg@ornl.gov
Mikhail Yurov ORNL yurovm@ornl.gov
Bufan Zhang Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory bufanzhang@lbl.gov
An Zou Advanced Cooling Technologies an.zou@1-act.com
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