Neutron Scattering In Novel Materials

This book provides an introduction to the basic principles of neutron scattering and its application to current problems in condensed matter science and technology. Experiments on novel materials are particularly emphasized.

This book provides an introduction to the basic principles of neutron scattering and its application to current problems in condensed matter science and technology. Experiments on novel materials are particularly emphasized. Contents:Introduction:Principles of Neutron Scattering (P Böni et al.)Materials Science:Neutron Imaging (E H Lehmann)Neutron Tomography (B Schillinger)Neutron Powder Diffraction and New Materials (A W Hewat)Texture, Strain and Precipitates (M Grosse)Scattering Between Bragg Peaks (B Schönfeld)Optically Active Materials (R A Rupp)Soft Condensed Matter and Biology:Introduction to Soft Matter Systems (M Monkenbusch)SANS of Polymer Networks Under Deformation (W Pyckhout-Hintzen et al.)Dynamics of Polymer Systems (A Arbe)Biomolecular Dynamics by Neutron Scattering (H D Middendorf)Spin Contrast Variation for Macromolecular Research (O Zimmer)Surfaces and Interfaces:Neutron Reflectometry: Technique and Applications (D Clemens)Nanocrystalline Materials: Dominance of Interfaces and Mesoscopic Correlations (W Wagner et al.)Rare-Earth Compounds:Magnetic Ordering Phenomena in Rare-Earth Compounds (L Keller)Crystal-Field Phenomena in Rare-Earth Compounds (A Mirmelstein)Magnetic Excitations:Spin Excitations in Localized and Itinerant Magnets (B Roessli & P Böni)Triplet Excitations in a Family of S=1/2 Unconventional Antiferromagnets (N Cavadini et al.)Superconductivity and Superfluidity:Spin Dynamics in Cuprates and Its Relation to Superconductivity (Ph Bourges)Using Neutrons and Muons to Probe the Vortex Lattice in Type II Superconductors (S L Lee)Magnetic and Electronic Excitations in High-Temperature Superconductors (J Mesot)Superfluid 4Helium — A Very Novel Material (M A Adams)Summary:Summary of the School (W E Fischer) Readership: Materials scientists and condensed matter scientists. Keywords:Neutron Scattering;Neutron Imaging;Soft Matter Systems;Rare-Earth Compounds;Magnetic Excitations;Superconductivity and Superfluidity

Neutron Scattering from Magnetic Materials is a comprehensive account of the present state of the art in the use of the neutron scattering for the study of magnetic materials. The chapters have been written by well-known researchers who are at the forefront of this field and have contributed directly to the development of the techniques described. Neutron scattering probes magnetic phenomena directly. The generalized magnetic susceptibility, which can be expressed as a function of wave vector and energy, contains all the information there is to know about the statics and dynamics of a magnetic system and this quantity is directly related to the neutron scattering cross section. Polarized neutron scattering techniques raise the sophistication of measurements to even greater levels and gives additional information in many cases. The present book is largely devoted to the application of polarized neutron scattering to the study of magnetic materials. It will be of particular interest to graduate students and researchers who plan to investigate magnetic materials using neutron scattering. · Written by a group of scientist who have contributed directly in developing the techniques described. · A complete treatment of the polarized neutron scattering not available in literature. · Gives practical hits to solve magnetic structure and determine exchange interactions in magnetic solids. · Application of neutron scattering to the study of the novel electronic materials.

Besides its coverage of the four important aspects of synchrotron sources, materials and material processes, measuring techniques, and applications, this ready reference presents both important method types: diffraction and tomography. Following an introduction, a general section leads on to methods, while further sections are devoted to emerging methods and industrial applications. In this way, the text provides new users of large-scale facilities with easy access to an understanding of both the methods and opportunities offered by different sources and instruments.

This book provides new insight into material science and technology. In particular, non-conventional, unusual or innovative neutron and x-ray scattering experiments (from both the scientific and the instrumental point of view) are described.

Inelastic neutron scattering (INS) is a spectroscopic technique in which neutrons are used to probe the dynamics of atoms and molecules in solids and liquids. This book is the first, since the late 1960s, to cover the principles and applications of INS as a vibrational-spectroscopic technique. It provides a hands-on account of the use of INS, concentrating on how neutron vibrational spectroscopy can be employed to obtain chemical information on a range of materials that are of interest to chemists, biologists, materials scientists, surface scientists and catalyst researchers. This is an accessible and comprehensive single-volume primary text and reference source.