Canadian Institute for Neutron Scattering

The Canadian Institute for Neutron Scattering is the organization in Canada that represents the users of neutron beam methods in scientific research. Neutron scattering is a versatile and powerful technique for research in materials of all kinds. Pioneered in Canada in the 1950s neutron scattering continues to play an valuable role in Canadian science.

Because of the wide variety of materials that can be studied using neutron scattering, the scientific community represented by CINS is diverse. Our members are engaged in research in engineering materials such as steel and other alloys, biomembranes and lipid structures, magnetic materials and superconductors, thin films and nanolayered materials, polymers, composites, minerals, glasses and more. Consequently the membership of CINS includes specialists in physics, chemistry, engineering, bioscience and the earth-sciences.

CINS represents students, professors and researchers in the university community, as well as scientists in industry and government labs. We are proud to continue the tradition of neutron scattering in Canada.

Objectives:

• To stimulate and facilitate research by Canadian scientists using neutron beams.
• To establish priorities for the development of facilities for neutron scattering in Canada.
• To make representations to the appropriate bodies and authorities for the provision of adequate facilities and funding for researchers using neutron beams.
• To co-ordinate the formulation of joint or separate proposals for instrumentation and infrastructure for submission to granting agencies.
• To administer infrastructure grants that may be awarded for such research, subject to any conditions that may be imposed by the granting agency.
• To sponsor schools and workshops that provide theoretical and practical training, and to support travel for scientists located at large distances from the neutron facilities.
• To carry out any other activities that would further these objectives.