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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society
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World's leading facility in neutron science & tech for +50 years with our associate countries ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง and scientific member countries ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ We are based in Grenoble, FRANCE
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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society @illneutrons.bsky.social ยท 12h
๐Ÿซ One of lifeโ€™s most essential processes : ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ . This sustained collaboration between the ILL and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid has shed new light on how our lungs function at the molecular level!

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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society @illneutrons.bsky.social ยท 15d
๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ– ๐Œโ‚ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐ฅโ€™๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ž-๐‹๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ง!

La modernisation stratรฉgique de D11 et de NeXT-MoTo sโ€™inscrit via le CPER EPN 2030, dans une volontรฉ collective de soutenir une recherche dโ€™excellence au service des dรฉfis sociรฉtaux majeurs
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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society @illneutrons.bsky.social ยท 23d
Plant-based foods often struggle with texture, creaminess, and stability.

To help solve this challenge?
Neutron reflectometry at ILLโ€™s ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐€๐ƒ๐€๐Œ instrument ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช to probe how pea protein fractions - legumin and vicilin- behave when adsorbed onto phospholipid films.

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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society @illneutrons.bsky.social ยท Sep 26
แฏ“โžค data used to develop a mathematical tool which allows to obtain 3D models of any protein-membrane system

Read our webarticle to understand why the model developed by Cedric Gommes is highly adaptable and widely applicable to various membrane-protein complexes.
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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society @illneutrons.bsky.social ยท Sep 26
โ•ฐโ”ˆโžคหŽหŠห— structural aspects of the membranes obtained via small-angle scattering instrument D22 at the ILL as well as on KWS-X at FRM II

โ•ฐโ”ˆโžคหŽหŠห— Insights into membrane dynamics were provided by the ILL's neutron spin-echo spectrometer IN15
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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society @illneutrons.bsky.social ยท Sep 26
โ€œ๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏโ€ says Andreas Stadler from FZJ, principal investigator of the project.
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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society @illneutrons.bsky.social ยท Sep 26
An article just published in the ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ reports the successful results obtained via a close collaboration between theoreticians and experimentalists from Forschungszentrum Jรผlich, the University of Liรจge and the ILL.
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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society @illneutrons.bsky.social ยท Sep 26
โ™พ๏ธ High-quality neutron and X-ray data acquired using red blood cells allowed researchers to establish a ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ theoretical description of cell membranes ๐ŸŒ

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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society @illneutrons.bsky.social ยท Sep 17
๐Ÿ”‹Neutron imaging of Li-S batteries provides real-time insights into electrolyte distribution, allowing to optimise design. Experiments on NeXT show the distribution of electrolyte solution during cycles ๐ŸŸขwetted ๐Ÿ”ดunwetted๐Ÿ’ฅMore www.ill.eu/news-and-events/news/scientific-news/how-batteries-breathe
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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society @illneutrons.bsky.social ยท Sep 15
๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŽ“Interested in exploring the complex multi-scale dynamics of glass-forming systems under confinementโ‰๏ธOpen PhD position at ILL+U. Silesia in the framework of the Scientific Member agreement between Poland and ILL. Deadline 26 September. Info on this and other opportunities: www.ill.eu/careers/all-...
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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society @illneutrons.bsky.social ยท Sep 15
Most people would agree gluten-free spaghetti is still a little disappointing. The good news? Researchers are working to improve it! Using neutrons + xrays, they looked into the structure at the nanometre scale. Read more: www.ill.eu/news-and-eve...
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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society @illneutrons.bsky.social ยท Sep 5
8 additional 'novice users' will come to the ILL in the current reactor cycle to join an experiment with experienced users.

If you are also interested, you may apply via the online form (beamtime.eu/programmes-s...)
Twinning โ€“ Nephews
The project will deliver access to the world-class collective of Europeโ€™s premiere open advanced neutron (N), synchrotron (SR) and free-electron laser (FEL).
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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society @illneutrons.bsky.social ยท Sep 5
He admitted that these โ€œbig instrumentsโ€ once felt intimidating from the outside, but the twinning experience gave him the chance to demystify the processes and provided him with the tools to start designing neutron experiments himself.
Twinning โ€“ Nephews
The project will deliver access to the world-class collective of Europeโ€™s premiere open advanced neutron (N), synchrotron (SR) and free-electron laser (FEL).
beamtime.eu
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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society @illneutrons.bsky.social ยท Sep 5
In 2023, he was awarded a prestigious @erc_research Starting Grant to advance his work on hydrophobic eutectic solvents for green recycling technologies.

Through the NEPHEWS Twinning Programme, Nicolas had the opportunity to explore the capabilities of ILLโ€™s small-angle diffractometer D22.
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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society @illneutrons.bsky.social ยท Sep 5
ERC laureate ๐๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐š๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ brings our portrait series of NEPHEWS novice users to a close.

His research focuses on developing innovative solvents for hydrometallurgy, with applications in resource recovery and sustainability.

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Nicolas Schaeffer : advancing sustainability-focused research
YouTube video by Institut Laue Langevin
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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society @illneutrons.bsky.social ยท Sep 3
The NEPHEWS project is scheduled to run until December 2026, so there is still a possibility to apply to the NEPHEWS programme, filling up the short registration form online : beamtime.eu/programmes-s...
Twinning โ€“ Nephews
The project will deliver access to the world-class collective of Europeโ€™s premiere open advanced neutron (N), synchrotron (SR) and free-electron laser (FEL).
beamtime.eu
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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society @illneutrons.bsky.social ยท Sep 3
Discover her full video portrait on: youtu.be/3khbCbdIrqA
Vlada Pashynska : pushing the frontiers of biophysics
YouTube video by Institut Laue Langevin
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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society @illneutrons.bsky.social ยท Sep 3
Dr. Vlada Pashynska, PhD, MBA is a senior researcher in Kharkiv, where she specializes in molecular biophysics.

With the war in Ukraine making it increasingly difficult to carry out experiments at home, Vlada applied to the NEPHEWS Twinning Programme to continue pursuing her scientific purpose.
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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society @illneutrons.bsky.social ยท Aug 26
Selected PhD students will be based in #Grenoble on an ILL PhD contract for 3 years.

๐Ÿ“ฉ Applications details and ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ on www.ill.eu/fileadmin/us...
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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society @illneutrons.bsky.social ยท Aug 26
While proposals from all scientific areas are welcome, we particularly encourage projects in ๐™‰๐™š๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™–๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ and ๐™Ž๐™ค๐™›๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง.

๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž
๐Ÿ“… ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ: 30 September 2025 (midnight CET)
๐Ÿ“… ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: 15 October 2025
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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society @illneutrons.bsky.social ยท Aug 26
This initiative aims to:
๐Ÿ”น Strengthen the Swiss neutron community across regions, disciplines, and techniques
๐Ÿ”น Support researchers in preparing and conducting neutron scattering experiments (principally at the ILL)
๐Ÿ”น Foster collaboration between ILL scientists and Swiss-based researchers
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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society @illneutrons.bsky.social ยท Aug 26
๐Ÿ“ข ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ƒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ โ€“ ๐’๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ & ๐ˆ๐‹๐‹ (๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“โ€“๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘) ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ

As part of the Scientific Member agreement between Switzerland and the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), funding is available
๐Ÿ‘‰ for a 3-year PhD project to start as soon as possible.
๐Ÿ‘‰ for two additional 3-year PhD projects in 2026.
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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society @illneutrons.bsky.social ยท Aug 5
๐Ÿ“ธ in cover: Stรฉphanie Jimenez - technician on D17 - pictured inside the instrument's detector tank.
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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society @illneutrons.bsky.social ยท Aug 5
๐Ÿ‘€ Read the original publication in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (co-authored with Edwin C Johnson, Hayden Robertson, Erica Wanless, Grant B. Webber) as well as our webstory : www.ill.eu/news-and-eve...
Not to be brushed off: pushing molecular limits with neutron reflectometry - ILL Neutrons for Society
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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society @illneutrons.bsky.social ยท Aug 5
โ€œ(...) our findings (...) also highlight the unmatched strength of the next generation of ILLโ€™s reflectometers for high-resolution studies of molecular kinetics in an aqueous environmentโ€, he explains
Not to be brushed off: pushing molecular limits with neutron reflectometry - ILL Neutrons for Society
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