S. Cottenier et al., Electric-field gradients used to measure atomic short range order: U(In0.5Sn0.5)(3) as a case-study, EUR PHY J B, 7(3), 1999, pp. 371-375
A scheme is presented in order to obtain complete information on atomic sho
rt range order in crystalline materials based on measuring the electric-fie
ld gradient on a probe nucleus. Limitations and possible improvements of th
e method are discussed. When applied to U(In0.5Sn0.5)(3), short range order
with In-Sn attraction is found.