Studies in materials science and magnetism at Centro Atómico Bariloche using neutron powder diffraction

Abstract

Neutron powder diffraction (NPD) has been a fundamental tool in our group`s research for the past 15 years. It has provided insight into various crystallographic and thermodynamic aspects of metastable phases in physical metallurgy problems, which were not possible to assess using more traditional methods such as X-ray or electron diffraction. After joining the Laboratory of Magnetic Resonances, NPD turned fundamental to study the magnetic order in the complex magnetic oxides that were being studied, complementing other in-house techniques such as magnetometry, magneto-transport, ESR and microscopies. In the following, the main results of our research based on NPD will be over-viewed, and our perspectives for the project of a regional Neutron Scattering Facility will be outlined.