It is named after Louis Néel (1904–2000), who received the 1970 Nobel prize in physics for his work in the area.
Néelova temperatura ali temperatura magnetne preureditve (TN) je temperatura, nad katero antiferomagnetne snovi postanejo paramagnetne, se pravi, da postane njihova notranja energija dovolj velika, da poruši makroskopsko magnetno ureditev snovi.