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.
TOYOKO IMAE, PhD
, is a professor at the Graduate Institute of Engineering at National
Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, working on various
aspects of polymers and nanomaterials, and a professor emeritus at
Nagoya University, Japan.
TOSHIJI KANAYA, PhD, is a professor at the Institute for
Chemical Research at Kyoto University in Japan, where he specializes
in areas of polymer physics. Professor Kanaya has contributed to the
book Polyolefin Composites, also from Wiley.
MICHIHIRO FURUSAKA, PhD, is a professor at the Graduate School
of Engineering at Hokkaido University, Japan, working in the field of
neutron instrumentation and optics.
NAOYA TORIKAI, PhD, is an associate professor at the Graduate
School of Engineering at Mie University, Japan, working in research
areas of polymer physics, after serving as an instrument scientist of
a pulsed neutron reflectometer at High Energy Accelerator Research
Organization (KEK).
