Study of neutron fundamental properties in the perfect crystal optics and diffraction [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2019 Review of the new crystal-diffraction methods to study fundamental neutron properties and interactions is presented. Features of neutron optics in the crystal without a center of symmetry is discussed as well as the first experimental results and ...
Fedorov V.V., Voronin V.V.
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Accuracy of Measuring Rebar Strain in Concrete Using a Diffractometer for Residual Stress Analysis
Quantum Beam Science, 2023 Neutron diffraction is a noncontact method that can measure the rebar strain inside concrete. In this method, rebar strain and stress are calculated using the diffraction profile of neutrons irradiated during a specific time period.
Ayumu Yasue +8 more
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Investigation of the magnetic structure and crystal field states of pyrochlore antiferromagnet Nd2Zr2O7 [PDF]
, 2015 We present synchrotron x-ray diffraction, neutron powder diffraction and time-of-flight inelastic neutron scattering measurements on the rare earth pyrochlore oxide Nd2Zr2O7 to study the ordered state magnetic structure and cystal field states.
Abernathy, D. L. +7 more
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Materials & Design, 2020 Neutron diffraction is an established method for non-destructively characterising residual stress or observing in situ strain during external stimuli. Neutron based stroboscopic techniques have previously been introduced for measuring strains undergoing ...
A. Reid +6 more
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Observation of long range magnetic ordering in pyrohafnate Nd2Hf2O7: A neutron diffraction study [PDF]
, 2015 We have investigated the physical properties of a pyrochlore hafnate Nd2Hf2O7 using ac magnetic susceptibility \chi_ac(T), dc magnetic susceptibility \chi(T), isothermal magnetization M(H) and heat capacity C_p(T) measurements, and determined the ...
Anand, V. K. +5 more
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A Cylindrical Cell for Operando Neutron Diffraction of Li-Ion Battery Electrode Materials
Frontiers in Energy Research, 2018 Neutron diffraction is a powerful technique to localize and quantify lithium in battery electrode materials. However, obtaining high-quality operando neutron diffraction data is challenging because it requires achieving good electrochemical performance ...
Laura Vitoux +6 more
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Structural studies of hydrated samples of amorphous calcium phosphate and phosphoprotein nanoclusters [PDF]
, 2016 There are abundant examples of nanoclusters and inorganic microcrystals in biology. Their study under physiologically relevant conditions remains challenging due to their heterogeneity, instability, and the requirements of sample preparation.
Holt, Carl +8 more
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Quantum Beam Science, 2018 Neutron diffraction is an effective and nondestructive method to investigate inner structure and stress distribution inside bulk materials and components. Compared with X-ray diffraction, neutron diffraction allows a relatively high penetration depth and
Fangjie Mo +15 more
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Load partitioning and evidence of deformation twinning in dual-phase fine-grained zr-2.5%Nb alloy. [PDF]
, 2013 In situ neutron diffraction loading experiments were carried out on a cold-rolled dual-phase (a-phase, '"' 10% b-phase) Zr–2.5%Nb alloy at room temperature. The specimens were cut at different angles from the rolling direction (RD) towards the transverse
BHATTACHARYYA, Dhriti +5 more
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Single-Crystal Diffraction at ORNL: Historical Development, Current Advances, and Future Perspectives [PDF]
Structural DynamicsSince the pioneering neutron diffraction experiments by Ernest O. Wollan and Clifford G. Shull in the 1940s, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has played a central role in the advancement of single-crystal diffraction techniques.
Xiaoping Wang
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