Neutron Scattering Group

Welcome to the home page of the Neutron Scattering Group, a member of the Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

We use elastic and inelastic neutron scattering techniques to study cooperative phenomena in complex solids.  Much of our research is presently focused on transition-metal oxide compounds.  Current research topics include:

• High-temperature superconductivity
• Charge and spin order in doped Mott insulators
• Quantum and low-dimensional magnetism
• Relaxor ferroelectrics

Our experiments are typically performed on single crystal samples, many of which are grown and characterized at Brookhaven.   We perform our scattering experiments at the top neutron facilities in the world.  Within the U.S., we work regularly at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) and at the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).  We look forward to doing experiments at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS at ORNL), once it is completed and commissioned.  In collaboration with ORNL, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, JAERI, and other institutions, we are involved in the design and construction of new spectrometers. These include a Hybrid Spectrometer (HYSPEC) for the SNS, and the relocation of the US-Japan triple-axis spectrometer to cold-guide-4 at HFIR.

Last Modified: Wednesday, 15-Aug-2012 14:38:35 EDT

Please forward all questions about this site to: Kim Mohanty

:: News :: Announcements ::

Genda Gu named Fellow of the American Physical Society

Guangyong Xu Receives the 2012 NSSA Science Prize and long time collaborator Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau Receives the 2012 Clifford G. Shull Prize  and Stephen Shapiro Named 2012 NSSA Fellow

John Tranquada Honored by New York State as a Leader In Superconductivity

John Axe Named 2010 NSSA Fellow

Genda Gu is recognized with a 2010 BNL Employee Science and Technology Award

Stony Brook University Graduate Student and Neutron Scattering Group Member, Jinsheng Wen, Wins Award from Chinese Government for Energy Research

Guangyong Xu is one of eight BNL Scientists granted tenure.

Jinsheng Wen gives talk "Neutron Scattering Studies on the Interplay between Magnetism and Superconductivity in High-Temperature Superconductors" to Stony Brook University's Provost's Graduate Student Lecture Series at the Charles B. Wang Center.

An Interview with John and Igor during an experiment at the SNS about the new Superconducting Iron Compounds.

Puzzled, Igor Zaliznyak and collaborators solve decade old discrepancies surrounding high-Tc copper oxide ceramics superconductors

Magnetic Measurements Question Assumptions About High-Tc Superconductors

John Tranquada shares 2009 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Prize for Superconductivity Experiments Sponsored by Elsevier

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