MGI |
Materials Genome Initiative |
MML |
Materials Measurement Laboratory (NIST) |
MOF |
microporous organic framework |
MSRI |
Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure Program (NSF) |
NBS |
National Bureau of Standards |
NBSR |
National Bureau of Standards Reactor |
NCNR |
NIST Center for Neutron Research |
NeXT |
Neutron and X-Ray Tomography |
NG-5, 6, 7 |
Neutron Guides 5, 6, and 7 |
NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
NPG |
Neutron Physics Group |
NRC |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
NRU |
National Research Universal Reactor |
NSE |
Neutron Spin-Echo Spectrometer |
NSF |
National Science Foundation |
NPG |
Neutron Physics Group |
nSoft |
Not an acronym but the name of an industrial consortium to deliver neutron scattering technology and expertise to industry in the development and manufacture of soft matter |
PBR |
Polarized Beam Reflectometer |
PhAND |
Photon Assisted Neutron Detector |
PML |
Physical Measurement Laboratory |
PoLAR |
Polarized Large Angle Resolution Spectrometer |
PSI |
Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland |
R&D |
research and development |
RITA |
Not an acronym but the name of the triple axis spectrometer for cold neutrons at PSI |
RIXS |
Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering |
SANS |
Small-Angle Neutron Scattering |
SAS |
Small-Angle Scattering |
SASSIE |
Not an acronym but the name of a program suite of atomistic models of molecular systems to compare directly with experimental data |
SASView |
Visualization software in SASSIE |
SAXS |
Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering |
SHIP |
Summer High School Internship Program |
SMM |
single molecule magnet |
SNS |
Spallation Neutron Source |
SPINS |
Spin Polarized Inelastic Neutron Spectrometer |
SRM |
Standard Reference Material |
STEM |
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics |
TAS |
Triple Axis Spectrometer |
TISANE |
time-involved small-angle experiment |
uSANS |
Ultra Small Angle Neutron Scattering |
vSANS |
Very Small Angle Neutron Scattering |
XSAS |
X-Ray Small-Angle Scattering |