Electron Crystallography: Novel Approaches for Structure Determination of Nanosized Materials (NATO Science Series II:...

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 536 pages
• Published by: Springer
• Edition: 1st Edition February 27, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1402039190
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1402039195
• Book Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
• Weighs: 1.8 pounds

Product Description


During the last decade we have been witness to several exciting achievements in electron crystallography. This includes structural and charge density studies on organic molecules complicated inorganic and metallic materials in the amorphous, nano-, meso- and quasi-crystalline state and also development of new software, tailor-made for the special requirements of electron crystallography. Moreover, these developments have been accompanied by a now available new generation of computer controlled electron microscopes equipped with high-coherent field-emission sources, cryo-specimen holders, ultra-fast CCD cameras, imaging plates, energy filters and even correctors for electron optical distortions. Thus, a fast and semi-automatic data acquisition from small sample areas, similar to what we today know from imaging plates diffraction systems in X-ray crystallography, can be envisioned for the very near future. This progress clearly shows that the contribution of electron crystallography is quite unique, as it enables to reveal the intimate structure of samples with high accuracy but on much smaller samples than have ever been investigated by X-ray diffraction. As a tribute to these awesome recent achievements, this NATO Advanced Study Institute was devoted to the novel approaches of electron crystallography for structure determination of nanosized materials.