IN16B will cover the application field of IN16 and will open new fields of investigation.

Low frequency inelastic spectroscopy

• tunneling spectroscopy (CH3, NH4, ...)
• hyperfine interaction
• low frequency vibrations: aerogels & fractons
• 4He excitation spectrum (roton)
• magnetic excitations

Quasielastic spectroscopy

• Diffusion and self-diffusion in metals, alloys, intercalation compounds
• Diffusion of hydrogen
  • in metals or alloys (e.g. for H-storage materials)
  • fuel cells (understanding of basic transport in membranes)
  • materials for fuel cell electrodes, batteries

• Diffusion of molecules in catalytic materials
• Dynamics in polymers
  • local motions of main chain and side chains
  • polyelectrolytes
  • dendrimers
  • changes of dynamics under stretching (orientation dependent studies)
  • effect of fillers in polymers (carbon black, silica, C60,..)
  • thin polymer films
  • polymer blends
  • nanocomposites

• Dynamics of biological or bio-related molecules
  • dynamical transition
  • relation between local mobility and function / stability
  • hydration water / confined water
  • biological membranes
  • spider silk

• pharmaceutical systems
  • potential drug delivery systems
  • functional molecules
  • relation of local mobility to storage and stability

• Dynamics near the glass transition and in undercooled liquids
  • mode coupling theory
  • P, T dependence of local dynamics near Tg
  • supercooled water, strong-to-fragile transition

• Dynamics of orientational glasses
• Atomic and molecular motion on surfaces
• Dynamics in confinement
  • small molecules
  • water, aqueous ionic solutions, mixtures in confinement
  • water in geological materials, concrete, clays
  • surface water
  • glass forming liquids
  • liquid crystals

• Dynamics of complex liquids
  • highly viscous liquids (oils,..)
  • ionic liquids, ionomers
  • liquids under shear
  • microemulsion freezing phenomena

• Dynamics of liquid crystals
• Dynamics of hydrogen bonds
• Rotations of large or hindered molecules
• Dynamics of the phase transition, critical scattering
• Magnetism
  • spin glasses and frustrated magnets
  • spin ice