Diffuse Scattering and the Fundamental Properties of Materials

by Barabash, Rozaliya I.; Ice, Gene E.; Turchi, Patrice E. A.

• ISBN13: 9781606500002
• ISBN10: 1606500007
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-01
• Publisher: Momentum Pr

Summary

Beginning with a concise review of the physics and chemistry of polymers and their structure and morphology, this book goes on to describe and explain the common methods of characterizing polymers, including optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy, among others. Also covered are the characterization and modification of such surface properties as adhesion, wetting, tribology, and surface thermodynamics.

Author Biography

Rozaliya Barabash joined the X-ray Scattering and Microscopy group of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 2000. She received her PhD from the National Technical University of Ukraine, Kiev (1972) and then worked there as an associate professor. She collaborated with Prof. M.A. Krivoglaz to study diffuse scattering from inhomoge neously distributed and correlated defects in 2D and 3D crystals. Her main interests are in diffraction theory and the application of x-ray neutron scattering to condensed matter physics and to understand local structure and defects in novel materials. She served as a Visiting Professor at the Institute fr Metallkunde, Bergacademie, Freiberg, and s a visiting scientist at Max Plank Institute in Stuttgart (1999/2000). She has authored over 140 technical publications, two books, twelve book chapters, and has edited one journal issue. Patrice Turchi received his Diploma of Engineer from the National Superior School of Chemistry Paris France (1975) and his Thse de Docteur Ingnieur in Materials Science (1981) and Thse de Doctorat dEtat es Sciences Physiques (1984) from the University of Paris VI, France. He was assistant professor at the University of Paris VI (1975-1986), and spent one year at UC Berkeley as a visiting research assistant (1985-86). He joined Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1986. He is currently group leader of the Advanced Metallurgical Science and Engineering Group. His main interests are in alloy theory, electronic structure/physical properties of complex materials, and the statics and kinetics of phase transformations. He has authored over 245 technical publications, three book chapters, and gives over 105 invited talks. His awards include the Medal for highest academic ranking awarded by the Alumni of the ENSCP in 1975, a DOE Award in Metals and Ceramics for Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment in 1987; NATO awards to direct two ASI's and one ARW; a LLNL Award for Outstanding Contributions to Science Advocacy in 2001; and the 2007 Al Sonntag award from the STLE.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Scattering in Low Dimensions
Diffuse Scattering from Surfaces, Interfaces, and Thin Films	p. 3
Diffuse X-ray Scattering from Semiconductor Nanostructures	p. 35
X-ray Scattering from Antiphase and Orientation Boundaries in III-V Semiconductor Ternary Alloy Films	p. 63
X-Ray Studies of Thermally Grown Thin Vitreous SiO2 Over Si(001)	p. 75
Ordered and Disordered Surface Phases of Bi on Cu(111)	p. 85
Nonlinear Evolution of Surface Morphology in Short-Period Superlattices	p. 95
Elastic and Thermal Diffuse Scattering from Alloys
On the Sizes of Atoms	p. 105
Elastic Diffuse Scattering of Alloys: Status and Perspectives	p. 119
X-ray Diffuse Scattering Near Bragg Reflections for the Study of Clustered Defects in Crystalline Materials	p. 139
Probing Phonons and Phase Transitions in Solids with X-ray Thermal Diffuse Scattering	p. 161
Scattering from Complex and Disordered Materials: Experiments and Theory
Diffuse Scattering from Molecular Crystals	p. 181
Diffuse Scattering and Phason Modes in Icosahedral Quasicrystals	p. 211
Structural Disorder in Quasicrystals	p. 239
Diffuse Scattering From Quasicrystals: Short-Range Order, Atomic Size Effect, and Phason Fluctuations	p. 259
Ab Initio Test of the Hume-Rothery Electron-Concentration Rule for Gamma-Brasses	p. 283
The Role of Chemical and Displacement Pair Correlation in the Determination of Higher-Order Correlation	p. 303
Recent Advances in the Study of Complex Materials by Neutron Scattering	p. 317
Scattering from Distorted Crystals
The Role of Diffuse Scatterings in Understanding and Controlling Radiation-Induced Swelling of Nonmetallic Materials	p. 331
Small-Angle Scattering from Dislocation Structures	p. 345
Inhomogeneous Lattice Modulations and Fermi-Surface Effects in Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide Superconductors	p. 369
Final Remarks
Dynamical Bragg and Diffuse Scattering Effects and Implications for Diffractometry in the Twenty-First Century	p. 391
Index	p. 435
List of Contributors	p. 441
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