Biocolloids and neutron scattering

The study of the relationship between the composition, structure and functionality of relevant biocolloids and nanoparticles in biology, pharmacy and food science. In our laboratory we have instruments sensitive to surfaces such as the dissipation quartz microbalance, spectroscopic ellipsometry, atomic force microscope, Langmuir balance, surface plasmonic resonance and fluorescence microscopy. We are regular users of the most important European large-scale facilities for neutron scattering and X-rays such as ILL, ISIS, FRM2, DESY, MaxIV and also the Australian ANSTO facility. We work closely with the ILL and ANSTO Biological Deuteration Laboratories and the ANSTO Chemical Deuteration Laboratory. We are motivated to demonstrate the potential of these techniques to solve biological questions difficult to study with other techniques.