Applications of Synchrotron Light to Scattering and Diffraction in Materials and Life Sciences

by Mari Cruz Garcia-Gutierrez and Aurora Nogales

Book Overview

In a ?rst approximation, certainly rough, one can de?ne as non-crystalline materials those which are neither single-crystals nor poly-crystals. Within this category, we canincludedisorderedsolids, softcondensed matter, andlivesystemsamong others. Contrary to crystals, non-crystalline materials have in common that their intrinsic structures cannot be exclusively described by a discrete and periodical function but by a continuous function with short...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642101100
• ISBN13: 9783642101106
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"