Title: Diffuse Scattering and the Fundamental Properties of Materials Author: Gene E. Ice, Patrice E.A. Turchi, Rozaliya I. Barabash ISBN: 1606500007 / 9781606500002 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 444 Publisher: Momentum Press Year: 2009 Availability: Out of Stock
Description
Contents
Diffuse Scattering—the use of off-specular X-Rays and neutrons from surfaces and interfaces—has grown rapidly as a tool for characterizing the surface properties of materials and related fundamental structural properties. It has proven to be especially useful in the understanding of local properties within materials. This new book reflects the efforts of physicists and materials scientists around the world who have helped to refine the techniques and applications of diffuse scattering. Major topics specifically covered include:
Scattering in Low Dimensions,
Elastic and Thermal Diffuse Scattering from Alloys
Scattering from Complex and Disordered Materials,
Scattering from Distorted Crystals
The reader will find new research on how diffuse scattering has led to a better understanding of the size of atoms and their mechanical properties as they affect crystalline and quasi-crystalline behavior. Also, important new findings are presented on the use of diffuse scattering for better understanding the damaging effects of ionizing radiation to metals and alloys as well as nonmetallic materials. The book concludes with remarks on future directions for diffuse scattering and for diffraction measurements and methods in general.
Preface
Part I : Scattering in Low Dimensions
Chapter 1 : Diffuse Scattering from Surfaces, Interfaces, and Thin Films Chapter 2 : Diffuse X-ray Scattering from Semiconductor Nanostructures Chapter 3 : X-ray Scattering from Antiphase and Orientation Boundaries in III-V Semiconductor Ternary Alloy Films Chapter 4 : X-Ray Studies of Thermally Grown Thin Vitreous SiO2 Over Si(001) Chapter 5 : Ordered and Disordered Surface Phases of Bi on Cu(111) Chapter 6 : Nonlinear Evolution of Surface Morphology in Short-Period Superlattices
Part II : Elastic and Thermal Diffuse Scattering from Alloys
Chapter 7 : On the Sizes of Atoms Chapter 8 : Elastic Diffuse Scattering of Alloys: Status and Perspectives Chapter 9 : X-ray Diffuse Scattering Near Bragg Reflections for the Study of Clustered Defects in Crystalline Materials Chapter 10 : Probing Phonons and Phase Transitions in Solids with X-ray Thermal Diffuse Scattering
Part III : Scattering from Complex and Disordered Materials: Experiments and Theory
Chapter 11 : Diffuse Scattering from Molecular Crystals Chapter 12 : Diffuse Scattering and Phason Modes in Icosahedral Chapter 13 : Structural Disorder in Quasicrystals Chapter 14 : Diffuse Scattering From Quasicrystals: Short-Range Order, Atomic Size Effect, and Phason Fluctuations Chapter 15 : Ab Initio Test of the Hume-Rothery Electron-Concentration Rule for Gamma-Brasses Chapter 16 : The Role of Chemical and Displacement Pair Correlation in the Determination of Higher-Order Correlation Chapter 17 : Recent Advances in the Study of Complex Materials by Neutron Scattering
Part IV : Scattering from Distorted Crystals
Chapter 18 : The Role of Diffuse Scatterings in Understanding and Controlling Radiation-Induced Swelling of Nonmetallic Materials Chapter 19 : Small-Angle Scattering from Dislocation Structures Chapter 20 : Inhomogeneous Lattice Modulations and Fermi-Surface Effects in Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide Superconductors
Part V : Final Remarks
Chapter 21 : Dynamical Bragg and Diffuse Scattering Effects and Implications for Diffractometry in the Twenty-First Century