St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Journal: Physics and Mathematics Научно-технические ведомости СПбГПУ. Физико-математические науки 2304-9782, 2618-8686, 2405-7223 10 An application of neutron diffraction methods to a study of atomic vibrations in nanostructured objects Применение метода  дифракции нейтронов для изучения атомных колебаний в наноструктурированных объектах Kibalin Yuri kibalin@mail.ru Golosovsky Igor golosov@pnpi.spb.ru Kumzerov YuriA. Yu.Kumzerov@mail.ioffe.ru André Gilles gander@llb.saclay.cea.fr 10 03 2010 1 94 59 66

A review of neutron diffraction methods to study atomic vibrations is presented, and the results of nanostructured bismuth are exemplified. Internal stresses related with the bismuth property to increase its volume during solidification have been found to occur in that system.

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