2011 Volume 60 Issue 1 Pages 35-46
Total scattering method with pulsed neutron is expecting to develop its research subject wider by realization of very intense pulsed neutron source of J-PARC. The method will not be no longer limited to disordered system such as liquid and amorphous materials. Since the high intensity total diffractometer, NOVA, also has abilities of versatile powder diffractometer and low-resolution small-angle scattering instrument, it can analyze variety of materials structure. For disordered structure analysis, which is still the strongest point of the total diffractometer, structural modeling on computers and comprehensive use of X-ray diffraction are important. Also, inelastic experiments based on the diffraction data analysis are promising to obtain direct information to understand materials properties and function.
