Field-Ion Microscopy

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
The Theoretical and Technical Development of Field-Ion Microscopy....Pages 1-5
Field Emission and Field Ionization....Pages 6-27
Field Evaporation....Pages 28-52
Gas Impact, Field Etching, and Field Deformation....Pages 53-68
Some Geometrical Aspects of Surfaces Related to Field-Ion Microscopy....Pages 69-87
Artifacts, Hydrogen Promotion, and Field-Ion Microscopy of Nonrefractory Metals....Pages 88-101
Interpretation of Field-Ion Microscope Images of Point and Line Defects....Pages 102-119
Field-Ion Microscope Studies of Planar Faults....Pages 120-136
Field-Ion Microscope Studies of Interfaces....Pages 137-156
Experimental Studies of Alloys with Field-Ion Microscope....Pages 157-170
Field-Ion Microscope Studies of Radiation Damage....Pages 171-182
Field-Ion Microscopy of Whiskers and thin Films and Applications (Real and Imagined) to Mass Spectrometry and Biological Molecule Imaging....Pages 183-212
Back Matter....Pages 213-244