Material characterization of polyolefins by synchrotron X-ray and neutron scattering

Synchrotron X-ray and neutron scattering are very useful methods to investigate the hierarchical structure and structure-property relationship of polymeric materials at a microscopic level. Our company makes extensive use of quantum beams such as those from synchrotron and neutron sources in cooperation with advanced research facilities for deeply understanding the nature of polymeric materials. In this paper, we introduce state-of-art experimental techniques and industrial applications of advanced quantum beam sources to polyolefin materials as part of our research activities. (author)