From Semiconductors to Proteins: Beyond the Average Structure / Edition 1

by S.J.L. Billinge, M.F. Thorpe

Overview

This series of books, which is published at the rate of about one per year, addresses fundamental problems in materials science. The contents cover a broad range of topics from small clusters of atoms to engineering materials and involve chemistry, physics, materials science, and engineering, with length scales ranging from Angstroms up to millimeters. The emphasis is on basic science rather than on applications. Each book focuses on a single area of current interest and brings together leading experts to give an up-to-date discussion of their work and the work of others. Each article contains enough references that the interested reader can access the relevant literature. Thanks are given to the Center for Fundamental Materials Research at Michigan State University for supporting this series. M.F. Thorpe, Series Editor E-mail: [e-mail] East Lansing, Michigan, November 200 I v PREFACE The study of the atomic structure of crystalline materials began at the beginning of the twentieth century with the discovery by Max von Laue and by W.H. and W.L. Bragg that crystals diffract x-rays. At that time, even the existence of atoms was controversial.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306472398
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	03/31/2002
Series:	Fundamental Materials Research
Edition description:	2002
Pages:	287
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

1. Techniques Taking us Beyond the Average Structure.- Analysis of Single-Crystal Diffuse X-Ray Scattering Via Automatic Refinement of a Monte Carlo Model.- Medium-Range Atomic Correlation from the PDF Analysis.- X-Ray Truncation Rod Analysis of the Reversible Temperature Dependent Surface Structure of LaAIO3.- 2. How do Semiconductors and Inorganic Materials Take the Strain?.- Local Dislocation Structure from Laue Diffraction.- Processes of Self—Organization during Epitaxial Growth of Semiconductor Superlattices — An X—Ray Scattering Study.- Total Scattering and Reverse Monte Carlo Modelling of Disordered Crystalline Materials.- Notes on the Analysis of Data for Pair Distribution Functions.- 3. Taking Charge of Disorderliness in Physics and Chemistry.- Local Structure: The Realm of the Chemist?.- From Crystals to Nanocrystals: Semiconductors and Beyond.- Structural Modeling of Nanoporous Carbon: A Review of Approaches to Simulating an Aperiodic and Non-Equilibrium Solid.- The Structure of Jahn-Teller Polarons in the Colossal Magnetoresistive Manganites.- 4. Small Molecules, Complex Fluids, and Proteins.- Energy Dispersive X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy; A Tool for Time Resolved Structural Studies of Chemical Reactions in Solution.- Experimental Determination of the Structures of Complex Liquids: Beyond the PDF.- X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Studies of Non-Polar Solute Hydration Structure.- High Resolution Diffuse X-Ray Scattering by Protein Crystals — From hkl to 000.- Participants.

Editorial Reviews

Collects 15 papers on recent developments in techniques for studying local structure in a wide variety of materials. Topics include: analysis of single-crystal diffuse X-ray scattering via automatic refinement of a Monte Carlo model, local dislocation structure from Laue diffraction, processes of self-organization during epitaxial growth of superlattices, the analysis of data for pair distribution functions.de the structure of Jahn-Teller polarons in the colossal magnetoresistive manganites, energy dispersive X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and the use of neutron scattering with isotope substitution for examining the structure of complex liquids. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)