The study of nuclei far from stability interacting with simple target nucle
i, such as protons, deuterons, He-3 and He-4 implies the use of inverse kin
ematics. The very special kinematics, together with the low intensities of
the beams calls for special techniques. Here some examples of the results a
nd techniques used in elastic, inelastic scattering and transfer reactions
will be described. Special target techniques and detectors that were develo
ped or are under development in this domain will be described. (C) 2001 Els
evier Science B.V. All rights reserved.