High-pressure neutron diffractometer of a neutron source in Dongguan city, Guangdong province, southern China. Photo.
More than 500 Chinese experts gathered at a conference from Wednesday to Friday in the city of Lanzhou (Lanzhou) in northwest China's Gansu province to explore the integrated use of two large scientific facilities known as super microscopes to study the Hefei Light Source (HLS) and the China Source of Neutrons (CSNS), which are known as microscopic structures.
HLS is the first synchrotron light source in China and CSNS is the first in China and the fourth pulsed neutron source in the world.
Wang Sheng, deputy director of the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said in a speech at the conference that HLS and CSNS use X-rays and neutrons to study the microstructure and properties of matter. The integrated use of the two large scientific facilities can obtain complete structural information about materials, Wang said.
Wang said the conference has built a platform for the exchange of ideas by experts and users, adding that participants look forward to using the two large scientific facilities for high scientific research and promoting the further application of synchrotron light sources and neutron sources in multidisciplinary fields such as materials science, life and environment, energy catalysis and engineering technology.
The experts propose to take full advantage of the complementary benefits of neutron scattering and synchrotron radiation technology to promote interdisciplinary integration, the development of cutting-edge industries and academic collaboration.
The conference was jointly organized by the Chinese University of Science and Technology and IHEP.
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