Uniting Electron Crystallography and Powder Diffraction (eBook)

Anatoly Avilov, William I.F David, Ute Kolb, Louisa Meshi, Kenneth Shankland (Herausgeber)

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2012
Springer Netherlands (Verlag)
978-94-007-5580-2 (ISBN)

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The polycrystalline and nanocrystalline states play an increasingly important role in exploiting the properties of materials, encompassing applications as diverse as pharmaceuticals, catalysts, solar cells and energy storage. A knowledge of the three-dimensional atomic and molecular structure of materials is essential for understanding and controlling their properties, yet traditional single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods lose their power when only polycrystalline and nanocrystalline samples are available. It is here that powder diffraction and single-crystal electron diffraction techniques take over, substantially extending the range of applicability of the crystallographic principles of structure determination. This volume, a collection of teaching contributions presented at the Crystallographic Course in Erice in 2011, clearly describes the fundamentals and the state-of-the-art of powder diffraction and electron diffraction methods in materials characterisation, encompassing a diverse range of disciplines and materials stretching from archeometry to zeolites. As such, it is a comprehensive and valuable resource for those wishing to gain an understanding of the broad applicability of these two rapidly developing fields.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.12.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Festkörperphysik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Maschinenbau
• ISBN-10: 94-007-5580-5 / 9400755805
• ISBN-13: 978-94-007-5580-2 / 9789400755802