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Neutron Scattering and Other Nuclear Techniques for Hydrogen in Materials

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Neutron Reflectometry (NR) is capable to determine the chemical depth profile of thin film samples from the sub-nanometer regime up to about 200 nm thickness. The high sensitivity of neutrons to hydrogen and deuterium enables NR to detect absolute hydrogen concentrations in the at.% range even in nm-thick layers. Therefore, NR is an ideal tool to study in-situ the hydrogen/deuterium absorption and desorption properties of thin films on a nanometer scale—without the need of a calibration sample. After an introduction to the NR technique and required instrumentation, this chapter provides a comprehensive overview of NR applications in various scientific areas, e.g. hydrogen absorption and desorption of Mg-based alloys and thin Nb films, electrochemical measurements on thin Zr and Ti films, and tuning of the oscillating magnetic exchange coupling in Fe/V and Fe/Nb multilayers with hydrogen.

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  1. Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, ON, Canada, K0J 1J0

    Helmut Fritzsche

  2. Bragg Institute, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW, 2234, Australia

    Frank Klose & Christine Rehm

  3. Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

    Frank Klose

  4. Canadian Neutron Beam Centre, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, ON, Canada, K0J 1J0

    Zin Tun

  5. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 75120, Uppsala, Sweden

    Max Wolff & Björgvin Hjörvarsson

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Fritzsche, H., Klose, F., Rehm, C., Tun, Z., Wolff, M., Hjörvarsson, B. (2016). Neutron Reflectometry. In: Fritzsche, H., Huot, J., Fruchart, D. (eds) Neutron Scattering and Other Nuclear Techniques for Hydrogen in Materials. Neutron Scattering Applications and Techniques. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22792-4_5

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