Structure and dynamics of levitated liquid materials*
Louis Hennet1, Shankar Krishnan2, Irina Pozdnyakova1, Viviana Cristiglio3, Gabriel J. Cuello3, Henry E. Fischer3, Aleksei Bytchkov4, Francesco Albergamo4, Didier Zanghi1, Jean-François Brun1, Séverine Brassamin1, Marie-Louise Saboungi5, and David L. Price1
1CNRS-CRMHT, 1d avenue de la Recherche Scientifique, 45071 Orléans, Cedex 2, France; 2Tencor, San Jose, CA USA; 3ILL, BP 156, 38042 Grenoble, Cedex 9, France; 4ESRF, BP 220, 38043 Grenoble, Cedex, France; 5CRMD, 1b rue de la Férollerie, 45071 Orléans, Cedex 2, France
Abstract: Aerodynamic levitation is a simple way to suspend samples which can be heated with CO2 lasers. The advantages of this technique are the simplicity and compactness of the device, making it possible to integrate the device easily into different kinds of experiments. In addition, all types of sample can be used, including metals and oxides. The integration of this technique at synchrotron and neutron sources provides powerful tools to study molten materials.
Keywords: aerodynamic levitation; synchrotron spectroscopy; neutron scattering; containerless techniques; molten metal; molten oxide.
*Paper based on a presentation at the 12th International IUPAC Conference on High Temperature Materials Chemistry (HTMC-XII), 18-22 September 2006, Vienna, Austria. Other presentations are published in this issue, pp. 1635-1778.