Neutron scattering, a powerful tool to study clay minerals

Murillo L. Martins; Will P. Gates; Laurent Michot; Eric Ferrage; Virginie Marry; Heloisa N. Bordallo

doi:10.1016/j.clay.2014.05.004

Neutron scattering, a powerful tool to study clay minerals

Murillo L. Martins
, Will P. Gates
, Laurent Michot
, Eric Ferrage
, Virginie Marry
, Heloisa N. Bordallo

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Abstract

Of the techniques used to study clay minerals, neutron scattering has become more familiar to clay scientists over the past decade. A brief account of neutron scattering theory is given in this review, followed by a description of measurements that can be made using neutron diffraction and neutron scattering spectroscopy, and especially quasi-elastic neutron scattering. Then recent examples of the application of neutron scattering methods to the study of clay minerals are presented, and finally the potential advantages of such experimental results when combined to molecular dynamics are discussed. To conclude, the potential perspectives that the European Spallation Source brings to this subject are pointed out.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	22-35
Number of pages	14
Journal	Applied Clay Science
Volume	96
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2014.05.004
State	Published - Jul 2014
Externally published	Yes

Funding

MLM research is supported through the Brazilian Science without Borders (Process number 246604/2012-3 ) program. Some travel support was provided to WPG from the Australian Research Council's Discovery Project Scheme DP130102203 . HNB thanks the invaluable discussions with Nikolaos Tspatsaris about many issues regarding how to better present the complex theory of neutron scattering to non-experts. We acknowledge the support of the ISIS Facility, ILL and FRM2 for providing the neutron facilities used to perform the experiments reported by the authors. Financial support was given for travel by the Australian Access to Major Research Facilities Programme and by Danscatt .

Keywords

Clay minerals
Cross-section
Hydrogen dynamics
Neutron diffraction
Quasi-elastic neutron scattering

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