caa a22 4500 388075570 CHVBK 20180307125159.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199912 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1557/S0883769400053690 doi S0883769400053690 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1557/S0883769400053690 Neutrons as a Probe of Magnetization on Atomic to Mesoscopic Scales [Elektronische Daten] The neutron is a spin 1/2 particle with a well-specified magnetic dipole moment which interacts with magnetic fields in solids. Because typical neutron wavelengths are comparable to interatomic distances in solids, the fields that can be probed range from the dipoles of individual electron spins to those associated with flux lines in superconductors. In this article, we give a brief introduction to the use of magnetic neutron scattering in materials science. Progress in materials science typically involves new materials or the improved fabrication of previously known materials, followed by measuring quantities such as electrical resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, or specific heat, typically as a function of variables such as temperature, magnetic field, chemical composition, or pressure. A material is deemed interesting if a simply defined bulk characteristic either undergoes a spectacular evolution as a function of one of the variables—superconductivity comes to mind—or has a range of values that makes it uniquely suited for some predetermined application. Once the material is thought to be interesting, there are natural drives to understand the origin of its interesting properties as well as to improve them. At this point, a microscopic tool such as magnetic neutron scattering provides valuable insights that bulk measurements cannot yield. Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999 Aeppli G. Hayden S.M. MRS Bulletin Cambridge University Press 24/12(1999-12), 29-33 0883-7694 24:12<29 1999 24 MRS https://doi.org/10.1557/S0883769400053690 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1557/S0883769400053690 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Aeppli G. NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hayden S.M. NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- MRS Bulletin Cambridge University Press 24/12(1999-12), 29-33 0883-7694 24:12<29 1999 24 MRS CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge