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Download: ESS Scandinavia Booklet "Neutron Eyes" (PDF, 9 Mb) Number of pages: 24
Human progress is often defined by the materials developed and used in a specific era – from the prehistoric Bronze Age and Iron Age to the modern Silicon Age. Indeed, today, we live in a multi-materials world, which could equally be described as the Plastic Age or Liquid-Crystal Age – or even the ‘Tetra-Pak’ Age (referring to the well-known Swedish food-packaging system based on composite layered materials). Such materials, which are designed for a specific function, are pervasive in daily life, but often go unnoticed. Indeed, many consumer items such as mobile phones, cameras and spectacles contain a wide variety of different sophisticated functional and structural materials that most people are unaware of. A different set of tools is required, and neutron scattering is such a tool; it is unique in that it allows experiments to be undertaken in real, sometimes extreme conditions, while at the same time providing accurate information about processes down to the scale of atoms or molecules. In this brochure, we showcase research across a wide spectrum of science and engineering fields, where neutrons provide unique and often critical insights into materials. Among the contents of this booklet you'll find the following:
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