PiC Upcoming Issue. Vol 74(1)

The first issue of 2018 will be a theme issue on Neutron Scattering Research in Canada which is scheduled to go out to members/subscribers by the end of March 2018. The papers in this issue will provide a brief history of the NRU and the pending NRU reactor closure. The Guest editors for this issue are Daniel Banks (CNBC) and Young-June Kim (U. Toronto).

Feature Articles:

  • The first decade of neutron scattering at Chalk River by Tom Holden (Northern Stress Technologies)
  • Early experimental evidence of a topological quantum state by Bill Buyers (NRC), Mechthild Enderle (Institut Laue-Langevin, France) and Michel Kenzelmann (Paul-Scherrer Institut, Switzerland)
  • The Canadian Neutron Beam Centre: 1985 to the present day by John Root and Daniel Banks (CNBC)
  • Prospects for Canadians after NRU by Thad Harroun (Brock University)
  • Microstructure and Solidification Analysis of Al-Ce-Mg by Dimitry Sediako and Joshua Stroh (UBC)
  • Neutron Scattering from Quantum Materials with the Spallation Neutron Source by Bruce Gaulin and Jonathan Gaudet (McMaster University)
  • Recent Triple-Axis Neutron Scattering Studies of Quantum Materials at the Chalk River NRU Reactor by Zahra Yamani (NRC)
  • Neutrons and Biology by Maikel Rheinstadter (McMaster University)
  • Canadian Research Combining Neutron Reflectometry and Electrochemistry by Jamie Noel (University of Western Ontario)
  • Neutron Reflectometry Investigation of Near Ionomer/Catalyst Interface Structure in Polymer Electrolyte Based Energy Devices by Kunal Karan (University of Calgary)
  • Neutron Reflectometry by James Noël (Western University)

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