Neutron Scattering Studies in Materials Science
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Simulation and Design".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2023) | Viewed by 1953
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Neutron scattering is one of the most useful probes to analyze the properties of materials. Scattering both magnetic and nuclear is used for determining unknown structures. Neutron spectroscopy gives insight into the fundamental excitations of the underlying lattice. The high penetration of neutrons allows the construction of extreme sample environment allowing to probe materials at ultra-low temperatures, high magnetic fields, extreme pressures, high temperatures and sometimes a combination of them. The increase in flux brilliance on neutron sources combined with event mode collection further facilitates experiments in-situ and in-operando. Neutron scattering in materials sciences is and has been fundamental to understand structures of materials, their textures, the associated strains in bulk. In-operando techniques reveal the evolution of these over time and allow the informed design of improved materials.
The special issue of Neutron Scattering studies in Materials Science aims to present state of the art applications for neutron scattering in materials science and an outlook into the future impact of neutron scattering in materials science using tiime-resovled techniques.
Dr. Matthias D. Frontzek
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- neutron scattering
- structure determination
- texture analysis
- strain/stress mapping
- time resolved in-situ and in-operando
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