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PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF POSITRON AND POSITRONIUM CHEMISTRY

edited by Y C Jean (University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA), P E Mallon (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa) & D M Schrader (Marquette University, USA)

This book provides a comprehensive description of the principles and applications of positron and positronium chemistry. Pedagogical and tutorial in nature, it will be ideal for graduate students and researchers in the area of positron annihilation spectroscopy. The contributing authors are authoritative scientists prominent in the frontiers of research, actively pursuing positron annihilation research on chemical and applied systems.


Contents:

  • Introduction to Positron and Positronium Chemistry (Y C Jean et al.)
  • Compounds of Positrons and Positronium (D M Schrader)
  • Experimental Techniques in Positron Spectroscopy (P G Coleman)
  • Organic and Inorganic Chemistry of the Positron and Positronium (G Duplātre & I Billard)
  • Physical and Radiation Chemistry of the Positron and Positronium (S V Stepanov & V M Byakov)
  • Positrons and Positronium in the Gas Phase (D M Schrader)
  • Positron Porosimetry (M H Weber & K G Lynn)
  • Positron Annihilation Studies on Superconducting Materials (C S Sundar)
  • Positronium in Si and SiO2 Thin Films (R Suzuki)
  • Applications to Polymers (P E Mallon)
  • Applications of Slow Positrons to Polymeric Surfaces and Coatings (Y C Jean et al.)
  • Positron Annihilation Induced Auger Spectroscopy (S Amdani et al.)
  • Characterization of Nanoparticle and Nanopore Materials (J Xu)
  • AMOC in Positron and Positronium Chemistry (H Stoll et al.)


Readership: Materials science researchers; physical chemists; polymer scientists and engineers; chemical and mechanical engineers; solid state physicists; graduate students in chemistry, physics, engineering and polymer science; coating industry researchers.

424pp Pub. date: Apr 2003
ISBN 978-981-238-144-6
981-238-144-9
US$78 / £58


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