Implementation of a Commercial Medical Detector for Synchrotron Based Total Scattering Experiments, 2015

Total scattering methods can give access to the pair distribution function, which gives detailed information about local disorder and nanostructures. The aim of this project was to develop necessary tools for the implementation of a new detector at the total scattering setup at SNBL. This was done in close collaboration with the team at the Swiss-Norwegian Beamline SNBL at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility. The ambition was to facilitate total scattering methods for the Norwegian materials science community. The techniques were tested on thermoelectric materials, where disorder and nanosized features play a crucial role. Since such methods have been of very little use in the thermoelectric society, it can be expected that new and important insight will be obtained. The project includes three datasets:
- ID22 ESRF: Synchrotron radiation for high-resolution diffraction
- ISIS: Neutron dispersion on ISIS Neutron Source
- SNBL: Synchrotron radiation for total dispersion and high resolution diffraction, European Synchotron Radiation Facility