Synchrotron Radiation: Basics, Methods and Applications

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction to Synchrotron Radiation....Pages 3-28
Characteristics and Properties of Synchrotron Radiation....Pages 29-63
Instrumentation at Synchrotron Radiation Beamlines....Pages 65-104
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Introduction to Matter Radiation Interaction....Pages 107-143
Quantum Description of the Matter-Radiation Interaction....Pages 145-178
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Introduction to X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy....Pages 181-211
A Close Look into the Low Energy Region of the XAS Spectra: The XANES Region....Pages 213-240
X-Ray Diffraction by Crystalline Materials....Pages 241-273
Photoemission Spectroscopy: Fundamental Aspects....Pages 275-317
Powder Diffraction and Synchrotron Radiation....Pages 319-336
Small Angle X-Ray Scattering (SAXS) with Synchrotron Radiation Sources....Pages 337-359
Resonant and Magnetic X-Ray Diffraction....Pages 361-387
Hard X-Ray Synchrotron Imaging Techniques and Applications....Pages 389-408
X-Ray Microscopy....Pages 409-436
Infrared Synchrotron Radiation: From the Production to the Scientific Applications....Pages 437-460
The High-Frequency Atomic Dynamics of Disordered Systems Studied by High-Resolution Inelastic X-Ray Scattering....Pages 461-482
Front Matter....Pages 483-483
Applications of XAFS to Nanostructures and Materials Science....Pages 485-498
Diffraction from Nanocrystalline Materials....Pages 499-518
High-Energy Resolution Core Level Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Diffraction: Powerful Tools to Probe Physical and Chemical Properties of Solid Surfaces....Pages 519-538
Spin Polarization of the Photoelectrons and Photon Polarization of X-Ray Absorption: Spectroscopy and Magnetometry....Pages 539-570
Front Matter....Pages 483-483
Chemical and Magnetic Imaging with X-Ray Photoemission Electron Microscopy....Pages 571-591
Medical Imaging with Synchrotron Radiation....Pages 593-614
Synchrotron Radiation and Bio-crystallography....Pages 615-639
Synchrotron Radiation in the Earth Sciences....Pages 641-660
Synchrotron Radiation and Environmental Sciences....Pages 661-676
Synchrotron Radiation in Art, Archaelogy and Cultural Heritage....Pages 677-695
Synchrotron Radiation and Chemistry: Studies of Materials for Renewable Energy Sources....Pages 697-715
Catalyst Characterization by XAS and XES Spectroscopies: In Situ and Operando Experiments....Pages 717-736
Studies of Matter at Extreme Conditions....Pages 737-760
Science Frontiers with X-Ray Free Electron Laser Sources....Pages 761-785
Back Matter....Pages 787-799