Bücher der Reihe International Union of Crystallography Monographs on Crystallography

This comprehensive text is addressed at scientists who are interested in considering crystalline materials from a non-conventional but inspiring viewpoint. The book contains the first systematic theoretical and illustrative presentation of crystalline materials built from modules (including twinning) which determine and tune basic and technological properties.

Presents a comprehensive account of the dynamical diffraction of X-rays since the development of synchrotron radiation. This book provides an introduction to the subject, followed by a detailed treatment of perfect and slightly and highly deformed crystals. It is useful as a reference work for graduate students, lecturers, and researchers.

Our understanding of the properties of materials, from drugs and proteins to catalysts and ceramics, is almost always based on structural information. This book describes the developments in powder diffraction which make it possible for scientists to obtain such information, and guides both novices and practitioners through all the possibilities.

The Rietveld method is now widely recognized as uniquely valuable for structural analyses of nearly all classes of crystalline materials not available as single crystals. This book is the first graduate text to provide a comprehensive introduction to the technique, with contributors from internationally recognized authorities in the field.