Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 188, 2018
JDN 23 - French-Swedish Winterschool on Neutron Scattering: Applications to Soft Matter
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Article Number | 01001 | |
Number of page(s) | 27 | |
Section | Neutron Scattering from Soft Matter | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201818801001 | |
Published online | 17 September 2018 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201818801001
Introduction to soft matter and neutron scattering
Laboratoire Charles Coulomb (L2C), University of Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France
* Corresponding author: julian.oberdisse@umontpellier.fr
Published online: 17 September 2018
As an opening lecture to the French-Swedish neutron scattering school held in Uppsala (6th to 9th of December 2016), the basic concepts of both soft matter science and neutron scattering are introduced. Typical soft matter systems like self-assembled surfactants in water, microemulsions, (co-)polymers, and colloids are presented. It will be shown that widely different systems have a common underlying physics dominated by the thermal energy, with astonishing consequences on their statistical thermodynamics, and ultimately rheological properties – namely softness. In the second part, the fundamentals of neutron scattering techniques and in particular small-angle neutron scattering as a powerful method to characterize soft matter systems will be outlined.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2018
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