Nuclear Resonance Scattering: current applications and new challenges

Nuclear Resonance Scattering is known to be a useful tool in such diverse applications spanning from biology and life sciences all the way to materials for energy conversion and earth sciences.

In this seminar I will give a brief introduction to nuclear resonance scattering of synchrotron radiation. I will set the focus both on element specific thermodynamic characterization, and characterization of subtle hyperfine interactions.

I am going to present recent results pertinent to: (i) the coupling between magnetic and vibrational degrees of freedom in materials relevant for magneto-caloric conversion, (ii) the microscopic interactions which may lead to an increased potent of specific Os-containing anticancer agents, (iii) the evidence for the existence of a long-sought hyperfine interaction in hexaferrum (ε-Fe) relevant to geo-science, and (iv) the development of a spectrograph in order to obtain very high energy resolution.