Diffraction from Materials

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XV

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2. Geometry of Crystal Structures

   • Lyle H. Schwartz, Jerome B. Cohen

   Pages 1-45

3. The Nature of Diffraction

   • Lyle H. Schwartz, Jerome B. Cohen

   Pages 46-76

4. Properties of Radiation Useful for Studying the Structure of Materials

   • Lyle H. Schwartz, Jerome B. Cohen

   Pages 77-158

5. Recording the Diffraction Pattern

   • Lyle H. Schwartz, Jerome B. Cohen

   Pages 159-237

6. Crystal Symmetry and the Diffraction Pattern

   • Lyle H. Schwartz, Jerome B. Cohen

   Pages 238-280

7. Determination of Crystal Structures

   • Lyle H. Schwartz, Jerome B. Cohen

   Pages 281-359

8. What Else Can We Learn from a Diffraction Experiment Besides the Average Structure?

   • Lyle H. Schwartz, Jerome B. Cohen

   Pages 360-468

9. The Dynamical Theory of Diffraction

   • Lyle H. Schwartz, Jerome B. Cohen

   Pages 469-537

10. Back Matter

    Pages 539-591

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The atomic arrangements in condensed matter play an ever increasing role in many areas of science and technology - Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Geology, Biology and Electrical, Civil, Mechanidtl and Chemical Engineering. Exciting discoveries in these fields in this century often stemmed from studies of these arrangements using diffraction: the structure and functions of DNA and other biological molecules, the configuration of polymer chains, the crystalline nature of metals and their imperfections, semiconductors and insulators, and -the links between their structures, their defects and material properties, and the interaction between materials and the environment. The broad, interdisciplinary character of diffraction studies makes them particularly exciting. With new tools such as the high-resolution electron microscope, new detectors, new techniques (such as EXAFS and glancing angle diffraction) and the new sources, the horizons of this field greatly expanded in the 1950's and 60's. Pulsed neutron sources and high intensity storage rings that came on the scene in the late 70's have opened up possibilities for new study to such vast horizons that it is hard to sit here writing this - there's so much to be done! Within the walls bounding each field of science or engineering, diffraction and structure is only one specialty. It is too easy for this topic to be developed in such a narrow way that sight is lost of the basic principles and broad possibilities.

• DNA
• X-ray
• crystal
• environment
• iron
• material
• materials science
• metals
• microscope
• molecule
• physics
• polymer
• semiconductors
• structure
• technology

• Institute for Materials Science and Engineering, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, USA

  Lyle H. Schwartz

• Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, The Technological Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA

  Jerome B. Cohen

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