Essentials of Neutron Techniques for Soft Matter

Neutron and synchrotron facilities, which are beyond the scale of the laboratory, and supported on a national level in countries throughout the world.These tools for probingmicro- and nano-structure research and on fast dynamics research of atomic location in materials have been key in the development of new polymer-based materials.Different from several existing professional books on neutron science,this book focuses on theory, instrumentation, an applications. The book is divided into five parts: Part 1 describes the underlying theory of neutron scattering. Part 2 describes the various instruments that exist and the various techniques used to achieve neutron scattering or bombardment. Part 3 discusses data treatment and simulation methods as well as how to assess the environment of the sample (temperature, pressure, shear, and external fields). Part 4 addresses the myriad applications of small and large molecules, biomolecules, and gels. Part 5 describes the various global neutron sources that exist and provides an overview of the different reactors.

Table of Contents:
Preface. Contributors. I Neutron Scattering . I.1 Basic Concepts ( Ferenc Mezei ). II Instrumentation . II.1 Small-Angle Neutron Scattering. II.1.1 Small-Angle Neutron Scattering at Reactor Sources ( Kell Mortensen ). II.1.2 SANS Instruments at Pulsed Neutron Sources ( Toshiya Otomo ). II.1.3 Ultra-Small-Angle Neutron Scattering. II.1.3.1 Bonse-Hart USANS Instrument ( Michael Agamalian ). II.1.3.2 Focusing USANS Instrument ( Satoshi Koizumi ). II.2 Neutron Reflectometry ( Naoya Torikai ). II.3 Quasielastic and Inelastic Neutron Scattering. II.3.1 Neutron Spin Echo Spectroscopy ( Michael Monkenbusch and Dieter Richter ). II.3.2 Neutron Backscattering ( Bernhard Frick and Dan Neumann ). II.3.3 Time-of-Flight Spectrometry ( Ruep E. Lechner ). II.4 Neutron Imaging ( Nobuyuki Takenaka ). III Data Treatment and Sample Environment . III.1 Practical Aspects of SANS Experiments ( George D. Wignall ). III.2 Structure Analysis ( Hideki Seto ). III.3 Calculation of Real Space Parameters and Ab Initio Models from Isotropic Elastic SANS Patterns ( Peter V. Konarev and Dmitri I. Svergun ). III.4 Contrast Variation ( Mitsuhiro Hirai ). III.5 Sample Environment: Soft Matter Sample Environment for Small-Angle Neutron Scattering and Neutron Reflectometry ( Peter Lindner, Ralf Schweins, and Richard A. Campbell ). IV Applications . IV.1 Hierarchical Structure of Small Molecules ( Tsang-Lang Lin ). IV.2 Structure of Dendritic Polymers and Their Films ( Koji Mitamura and Toyoko Imae ). IV.3 Dynamics of Polymers ( Toshiji Kanaya and Barbara J.Gabrys ). IV.4 Inhomogeneous Structure and Dynamics of Condensed Soft Matter ( Mitsuhiro Shibayama ). IV.5 Protein Dynamics Studied by Neutron Incoherent Scattering ( Mikio Kataoka and Hiroshi Nakagawa ). IV.6 Polymer Interfaces and Thin Films ( David G. Bucknall ). IV.7 Neutron Diffraction from Polymers and Other Soft Matter (Geoffrey R. Mitchell). V Current Facilities . V.1 Pulsed Neutron Sources and Facilities ( Masatoshi Arai ). V.2 Reactor Overview ( Colin J. Carlile ). Index .