Neutron Scattering

Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering

This activity supports basic research in condensed matter and materials physics using neutron scattering capabilities primarily at major BES-supported user facilities. Research is aimed at achieving a fundamental understanding of the atomic, electronic, and magnetic properties of materials and their relationship to the physical properties of materials. Both ordered and disordered materials are of interest as are strongly correlated electron systems, surface and interface phenomena, and behavior under environmental variables such as temperature, pressure, and magnetic field. Development of neutron  instrumentation is a major component of the portfolio. 

The Department’s history and mission has played an important role in BES’s current position as the Nation’s steward of major neutron  facilities.  Historically, neutron sources descended from the neutron reactors that were constructed in the early 1940s as part of the U.S. Atomic Energy Program.   As part of its stewardship responsibilities, BES maintains strong fundamental research programs in materials and related disciplines that are carried out at these facilities by the laboratory, university, and industrial communities.  This activity has evolved from the pioneering, Nobel prize-winning efforts in materials science to the current program that encompasses multiple techniques and disciplines.  The activity also supports the research that has motivated the largest BES construction projects in recent years - the SNS.  BES is a major supporter of both the research and the instrumentation at these and other facilities.   For more information about this core research activity, please contact Dr. Lane Wilson. Click here for information on other core research activities supported by BES.

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09/11/2007