Abstract
Abstract Soft condensed matter is a very suitable system to be investigated with a probe of “neutron.” Typical energy range associated with soft condensed matter is tens of kJ (or a few meV), which is of the same order as those of cold neutrons. In addition, soft condensed matter consists of organic compounds and hence inevitably contains hydrogen. Since neutron is a “hydrogen” probe, neutron scattering has been used for investigations of the structure and the dynamics of soft condensed matter since its first application in the 1970s. Comprehensive theories of neutron scattering and a brief review of instrumentations and methodologies on soft condensed matter systems are provided mostly from materials science points of view, including polymeric systems, rubbers, and gels, which are followed by demonstrations of breakthrough works in soft condensed matter physics, recent topics, and future directions. Furthermore, appendixes dealing with scattering functions for particulate systems having various types of interparticle interactions and with contrast variation small-angle neutron-scattering method are given for the convenience of the reader.
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