Zoom is a flexible, high-count rate small-angle scattering instrument for advanced materials, magnetism, environmental science, pharmacy and healthcare to study length scales 2‑500 nm. For soft matter the capabilities of the instrument are comparable to SANS2D, offering low backgrounds and similar flux with a maximum collimation length of 8m. With its movable detector tank (up to 1.5m downstream), the instrument offers a flexible sample area to accommodate large sample equipment, e.g. a selection of superconducting magnets for high field experiments.
ZOOM standardly has a polarized beam option with a supermirror V cavity, and a Drabkin type spin flipper. Upon request polarization analysis with an 3He spin analyzer is available from
ISIS polarization group.
Science Application
Since it entered the ISIS user program, ZOOM has shown its merits as flexible material science beamline investigating
- peptides and proteins and functional biomaterials for the design of antiviral nanoagents and drug delivery, and tissue engineering.
- synthetic chemistry, e.g. formulation stability of surfactant systems relevant for cosmetics (sunscreen lotions, micelles as encapsulating agent for fragrances), cleaning products and lubricants and industrial applications, as well as thermoresponsive polymers and insights into supramolecular topological assemblies.
- multifunctional energy materials like structural electrolytes capable of storing electrical energy and holding mechanical load and the effects of thermal aging and precipitate formation in steels envisaged for fusion power plants
- investigate magnetic phase transition and nanosized spin textures, like magnetic skyrmions.
Contact information for Zoom
Location and contact information for the Zoom instrument
| Access | Restricted |
| Building | R80 - EXPERIMENTAL HALL 2 |
| Telephone | 01235 446066
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