X-ray and Neutron Techniques for Nanomaterials Characterization

1. Front Matter

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2. Synchrotron X-Ray Phase Nanotomography for Bone Tissue Characterization

   • Peter Varga, Loriane Weber, Bernhard Hesse, Max Langer

   Pages 1-42

3. 3D Chemical Imaging of Nanoscale Biological, Environmental, and Synthetic Materials by Soft X-Ray STXM Spectrotomography

   • Gregor Schmid, Martin Obst, Juan Wu, Adam Hitchcock

   Pages 43-94

4. X-Ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy for the Characterization of Soft and Hard Condensed Matter

   • Oier Bikondoa

   Pages 95-156

5. XAFS for Characterization of Nanomaterials

   • Maria Katsikini, Eleni C. Paloura

   Pages 157-246

6. The Characterization of Atomically Precise Nanoclusters Using X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy

   • Lisa Bovenkamp-Langlois, Martha W. Schaefer

   Pages 247-313

7. X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopic Characterization of Nanomaterial Catalysts in Electrochemistry and Fuel Cells

   • Kotaro Sasaki, Nebojsa Marinkovic

   Pages 315-365

8. In Situ SXS and XAFS Measurements of Electrochemical Interface

   • Toshihiro Kondo, Takuya Masuda, Kohei Uosaki

   Pages 367-449

9. Gas-Phase Near-Edge X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure (NEXAFS) Spectroscopy of Nanoparticles, Biopolymers, and Ionic Species

   • Aleksandar R. Milosavljević, Alexandre Giuliani, Christophe Nicolas

   Pages 451-505

10. In Situ X-Ray Reciprocal Space Mapping for Characterization of Nanomaterials

    • Peter Siffalovic, Karol Vegso, Martin Hodas, Matej Jergel, Yuriy Halahovets, Marco Pelletta et al.

    Pages 507-544

11. X-Ray Powder Diffraction Characterization of Nanomaterials

    • Antonio Cervellino, Ruggero Frison, Norberto Masciocchi, Antonietta Guagliardi

    Pages 545-608

12. X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Analysis of Catalytic Nanomaterials

    • Wang-Jae Chun, Satoru Takakusagi, Yohei Uemura, Kyoko Bando, Kiyotaka Asakura

    Pages 609-664

13. Contribution of Small-Angle X-Ray and Neutron Scattering (SAXS and SANS) to the Characterization of Natural Nanomaterials

    • Loïc Barré

    Pages 665-716

14. Synchrotron Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering and Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Studies of Nanomaterials

    • Hiroyuki Takeno

    Pages 717-760

15. Quasielastic Neutron Scattering: An Advanced Technique for Studying the Relaxation Processes in Condensed Matter

    • Madhusudan Tyagi, Suresh M. Chathoth

    Pages 761-813

16. Back Matter

    Pages 815-830

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Fifth volume of a 40 volume series on nanoscience and nanotechnology, edited by the renowned scientist Challa S.S.R. Kumar. This handbook gives a comprehensive overview about X-ray and Neutron Techniques for Nanomaterials Characterization. Modern applications and state-of-the-art techniques are covered and make this volume an essential reading for research scientists in academia and industry.

• Nanotechnology
• Nanomaterials
• Nanomaterials Characterization
• X-ray Techniques
• Neutron Techniques

• Integrated Mesoscale Architectures for Sustainable Catalysis (IMASC), Rowland Institute of Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

  Challa S.S.R. Kumar

Dr. Challa S.S.R. Kumar is currently with Harvard University as a Managing Director. He was previously the Director of Nanofabrication and Nanomaterials at the Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, USA. He is also President and CEO of Magnano Technologies and has some years of industrial R&D experience working for Imperial Chemical Industries and United Breweries. His main research interests are the development of novel synthetic methods, including those based on microfluidic reactors, for the synthesis of multifunctional nanomaterials. Dr. Kumar is the winner of the 2006 Nano 50 Technology Award for his work in magnetic-based nanoparticles for cancer imaging and treatment. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the international journal “Nanotechnology Reviews”. He has been editor and author of several books and journal articles, and the founding editor of the Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology.

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