X-ray and neutron techniques for nanomaterials characterization. (2015)

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• Contents: Contributors; 1 Synchrotron X-Ray Phase Nanotomography for Bone Tissue Characterization; 1 Definition of the Topic; 2 Overview; 3 Introduction; 4 Experimental and Instrumental Methodology; 4.1 Instrumentation; 4.1.1 X-Ray Source; 4.1.2 X-Ray Optics; 4.2 Image Formation; 4.2.1 Magnified Images Formation; 4.3 Phase Retrieval; 4.3.1 Contrast Transfer Function; 4.3.2 Phase Retrieval with the CTF; 5 Key Research Findings; 5.1 Literature Review: X-Ray Nano-tomography of Bone; 5.1.1 Ptychographic Tomography; 5.1.2 Transmission X-Ray Microscopy (TXM); 5.1.3 In-line Phase Tomography 5.2 Collagen Orientation5.3 Morphology and FE Modelling of the Lacuno-Canalicular Network; 5.4 Mineralisation on the Nanoscale; 6 Conclusions and Future Perspective; 6.1 Instrumentation; 6.2 Bone Nano-imaging; References; 2 3D Chemical Imaging of Nanoscale Biological, Environmental, and Synthetic Materials by Soft X-Ray STXM Spectrotomography; 1 Introduction; 1.1 STXM; 1.2 STXM Spectro-tomography; 1.3 TXM; 1.4 Hard X-ray Tomography; 1.5 Ptychography; 2 Instrumental and Experimental Methodology of STXM Spectro-tomography; 2.1 Instrumentation; 2.2 Sample Preparation; 2.2.1 Cell Cultivation 2.2.2 Geomicrobiological Samples2.2.3 Material Samples; 2.3 Data Acquisition; 2.3.1 Spatial Resolution and Quantitative Aspects of STXM Spectro-tomography; 2.4 Data Analysis; 2.4.1 Pre-processing; 2.4.2 3D Reconstruction; 3 Key Research Findings; 3.1 Biological: Dry Chemical Mapping; 3.2 Polymer: Dry Chemical Mapping; 3.3 Biological: Wet Chemical Mapping; 3.4 Polymer: Wet Chemical Mapping; 4 Conclusions and Future Perspective; 4.1 Strengths and Limitations of STXM Spectro-tomography; 4.2 Future Instrument and Technique Developments; 4.3 Improvements in Sample Mounting and Acquisition 4.2 Set-Up: Stability and Coherence Preserving Elements4.3 Detectors; 5 Key Research Findings; 5.1 Technical Developments; 5.1.1 Detectors; 5.1.2 Beamlines and Set-Ups; 5.2 Soft Condensed Matter; 5.2.1 Colloids; 5.2.2 Ageing Phenomena; 5.2.3 Rheology; 5.2.4 Polymers; 5.2.5 Surfaces, Films and Systems Under Confinement; 5.3 Hard Condensed Matter; 5.3.1 Magnetism and Related Phenomena; 5.3.2 Surface Dynamics; 5.3.3 Atomic Diffusion; 5.3.4 Metallic Glasses; 5.3.5 Self-Organised Systems; 6 Conclusions and Future Perspective; References; 4 XAFS for Characterization of Nanomaterials
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 541.2; Nanochemistry; Materials; Nanostructured materials -- Analysis; SCIENCE / Chemistry / Physical & Theoretical; Materials; Nanochemistry; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783662486061; 3662486067
• Related ISBNs: 3662486040; 9783662486047
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