Radioactive Isotopes Based Materials Characterization

Dear Colleagues,

Over the last few decades, excited nuclei, while incorporated into materials, have been delivering local, exotic, and exciting information on the physical properties of crystals. The probe atoms can be located at unique lattice sites, which cannot be directly investigated with conventional characterization techniques. In particular, techniques such as perturbed angular correlation, emission Mössbauer spectroscopy, emission channeling, radiotracer photoluminescence and self-diffusion are outstanding examples of used experimental methods. They can provide detailed investigation of hyperfine fields, lattice location, different diffusion mechanisms, the nature of ionized donors, and optically active impurities. Results are challenging our understanding of nuclear solid-state physics and density functional theory combined with conventional characterization support the interpretation of our data. The use of these methods keeps our research program on the frontiers of materials science.

Topics expected in this issue:

• Hyperfine interactions in nanomaterials, topological insulators, metals, insulators, and semiconductors;
• Perturbed angular distribution and perturbed angular correlations;
• Mössbauer and muon spin spectroscopies;
• Local studies of lattice and defect dynamics;
• Theoretical methods for hyperfine field calculations;
• Applications in software and machine engineering;
• New developments and future directions.

Dr. Juliana Schell
Dr. Adeleh Mokhles Gerami
Guest Editors

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