and State-of-the-Art -- X-ray and Neutron Scattering -- Microstructural Investigations by Small Angle Scattering of Neutrons and X-rays -- Residual Stress Analysis by Neutron and X-ray Diffraction -- Three-Dimensional Imaging by Microtomography of X-ray Synchrotron Radiation and Neutrons -- Constitutive Models for Analysis and Design of Multifunctional Technological Materials -- Enhanced Numerical Tools for Computer Simulation of Coupled Physical Phenomena and Design of Components Made of Innovative Materials.

This book provides at first ideas on the answers that neutrons and Synchrotron Radiation could give in innovative materials science and technology. In particular, non-conventional, unusual or innovative neutron and x-ray scattering experiments (from both the scientific and the instrumental point of view) will be described which either have novel applications or provide a new insight into material science and technology. Moreover, a capability of the existing and the enhanced constitutive models and numerical procedures to predict complex behaviour of the novel multifunctional materials is examined.