The ISIS Target Station 2 Phase II project is now complete, and details of developments of the four instruments in the
Phase II project – LARMOR, IMAT, Zoom and ChipIR are given below:
LARMOR
LARMOR is an advanced neutron polarisation instrument and one of the four
instruments in the Phase II project. LARMOR is now a fully scheduled instrument
with a broad ranging science program in hard and soft condensed matter, already
publishing high impact work in the area of topological matter. LARMOR continues
the strong collaboration with our partners at TU-Delft in the Netherlands, with the
commissioning of the new TU-Delft Spin-Echo SANS (SESANS) equipment completed
in September 2017.
IMAT
IMAT is a neutron imaging and diffraction instrument which will be used in a diverse range
of disciplines such as engineering material sciences, battery research, earth science and
cultural heritage. The instrument was formally opened in October 2016 and is now an operational beamline.
Zoom
Zoom is a small angle instrument which complements the existing SANS2D instrument by exploiting neutron polarisation techniques and is part of the Phase II Project. Zoom, whose construction was co-funded by the Indian Department of Science and Technology's Nanomission project, entered the user programme in March 2019.
ChipIR
ChipIR is an innovative instrument to provide rapid testing of the effect of atmospheric
neutrons on the microelectronics that society relies upon. ChipIR is one of the four
instruments in the Phase II Project. ChipIR is now fully scheduled with both academic
and commercial testing programmes for a range of microelectronics with
applications in several industrial sectors.