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Modulated crystals have been intensively investigated over thepast several years and it is now evident that an understanding oftheir crystallography and microstructure is fundamental to theelucidation of the physical properties and phase transitions in thesematerials. This book brings together for the first time thecrystallographic descriptions and experimental methods for thestructural and microstructural analysis of modulated crystals asdescribed by well-known researchers in the various areas. The emphasisis on charge density wave modulations, and the detailed analysis ofthe prototypical NbTe4/TaTe4 system gives practical applications ofthe methods. Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy is a new techniqueproviding significant new insights into atomic scale details of themodulations' structures and a chapter on this method is included. ... Read more

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Owing to the increased availability of synchrotron sources,surface X-ray scattering is a rapidly expanding techniquewith important applications tosurface structures andsurface phase transitions, roughening of surfacesandinterfaces, and the structure of liquid surfaces, includingpolymers, liquid crystals, and organic films. Surfacestudies with neutrons, on the other hand provide importantinformation on liquid andmagnetic films. The contributionsto this volume, written by active researchers in the field,provide an up-to-date overview of the highlysophisticatedtechniques and their applications. ... Read more

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All papers have been peer-reviewed. SRF Technology based accelerators, FEL's, and ERL's are becoming common worldwide. Several new frontier technologies and applications are expected to be evolving in coming years as the cost of SRF technology comes down because the Large GrainoSingle Crystal Niobium Technology is maturing very rapidly. Terra Hertz (THz) Science could benefit from these advances, and many applications are likely to be developed in the fields of medical imaging, material science, pharmaceuticals, communications etc. ... Read more

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Modern semiconductor and laser techniques would be unthinkable today without a highly developed physics of solids. As tailored materials increasingly gain significance, it is more important than ever to understand the basics of crystalline materials and the influence of their symmetry on phenomenological aspects.
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The textbooks in this acclaimed series introduce thenonspecialist to the fundamentals and recent developments of aparticular field. Thecurrent volume focuses on Auger electronspectroscopy and X-rayphotoelectron spectroscopy, with an emphasison current applications.Physicists, chemists, and materialsscientists will learn principlesof operation, some design theory,and assessment techniques. ... Read more

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This monograph represents an extension of the author's original PhD thesis and includes a more thorough discussion on the concepts and mathematics behind his research works on the foam model, as applied to studying issues of phase stability and elasticity for various non-closed packed structures found in fuzzy and colloidal crystals, as well as on a renormalization-group analysis regarding the critical behavior of loop polymers upon which topological constraints are imposed. The common thread behind these two research works is their demonstration of the importance and effectiveness of utilizing geometrical and topological concepts for modeling and understanding soft systems undergoing phase transitions. ... Read more

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Three-dimensional x-ray diffraction (3DXRD) microscopy is a novel experimental method for structural characterisation of polycrystalline materials. The position, morphology, phase, strain and crystallographic orientation of hundreds of grains or sub-grain embedded within mm-cm thick specimens can be determined simultaneously. Furthermore, the dynamics of the individual structural elements can be monitored during typical processes such as deformation or annealing.

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Market: Materials scientists and graduate students. This volume includes the most significant contributions of worldrenowned scientists in the field of Molecular Beam Expitaxy (MBE). MBE is an extremely important technique for growing single crystals by making beams of atoms and molecules strike a crystalline substrate in a vacuum. This technique has found broad applications in modern materials science. ... Read more