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Uniting Electron Crystallography and Powder Diffraction

  • It is the only book of its kind that is dedicated to covering these two structural characterization techniques in depth
  • These two complementary techniques have developed rapidly over the past decade and the book covers much of the state-of-the-art in both
  • Materials scientists wishing to understand the basics and range of applicability of the techniques will gain a broad and comprehensive understanding of these closely related areas of research

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Table of contents (39 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Powder Diffraction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
  3. Powder diffraction

    1. Powder Diffraction: By Decades

      • William I. F. David
      Pages 3-14
    2. Rietveld Refinement

      • Peter W. Stephens
      Pages 15-26
    3. Structure Solution – An Overview

      • Lynne B. McCusker, Christian Baerlocher
      Pages 27-33
    4. Inorganic Materials

      • Radovan Černý
      Pages 35-44
    5. Organic Compounds

      • Kenneth Shankland
      Pages 45-52
    6. Laboratory X-ray Powder Diffraction

      • Pamela Whitfield
      Pages 53-63
    7. Synchrotron X-Ray Powder Diffraction

      • Fabia Gozzo
      Pages 65-82
    8. Ultrafast Powder Diffraction

      • Andy Fitch, Caroline Curfs
      Pages 83-93
    9. Taking It to Extremes – Powder Diffraction Under Non-Ambient Conditions

      • David I. A. Millar, Colin R. Pulham
      Pages 95-103
    10. Structure Solution by Charge Flipping

      • Lukáš Palatinus
      Pages 105-116
    11. Structure Solution: Global Optimisation Methods

      • Kenneth Shankland
      Pages 117-124
    12. Proteins and Powders: Technical Developments

      • Jonathan P. Wright
      Pages 125-135
    13. Proteins and Powders: An Overview

      • Irene Margiolaki
      Pages 137-147
    14. Parametric Powder Diffraction

      • William I. F. David, John S. O. Evans
      Pages 149-163
    15. Powder Diffraction+Computational Methods

      • L’ubomír Smrčok
      Pages 165-172
    16. Information on Imperfections

      • Matteo Leoni
      Pages 173-182
    17. Debye Analysis

      • Yuri G. Andreev
      Pages 195-205

About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Institute of Physical Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

    Ute Kolb

  • , School of Pharmacy, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

    Kenneth Shankland

  • , Department of Materials Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

    Louisa Meshi

  • Inst. Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    Anatoly Avilov

  • , Isis Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, United Kingdom

    William I.F David

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eBook USD 169.00
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Softcover Book USD 249.99
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Hardcover Book USD 219.99
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