Emil Zolotoyabko Livres

Focusing on the unifying concept of conservation laws, this textbook explores their application across various scientific fields including mechanics, optics, and nuclear physics. It provides diverse examples such as positron annihilation in neutrino experiments and medical diagnostics, the operation of solar cells and LEDs, and the principles of magnetic resonance imaging. Additionally, it delves into the mechanics of jet propulsion in rockets and octopuses, as well as the processes underlying fission and fusion nuclear reactions, highlighting the interconnectedness of these phenomena.

Contemporary optics is the foundation of many of today’s technologies including various focusing and defocusing devices, microscopies and imaging techniques. Light and X-ray Optis for Materials Scientists and Engineers offers a guide to basic concepts and provides an accessible framework for understanding this highly application-relevant branch of science for materials scientists, physicists, chemists, biologists, and engineers trained in different disciplines. The text links the fundamentals of optics to modern applications, especially for promotion of nanotechnology and life science, such as conventional, near-field, confocal, phase-contrast microscopies and imaging schemes based on interference and diffraction phenomena. Written by a noted expert and experienced instructor, the book contains numerous worked examples throughout to help the reader gain a thorough understanding of the concepts and information presented. The text covers a wide range of relevant topics, including reflection, refraction, and focusing phenomena, wave polarization and birefringence in crystals, optics in negative materials, metamaterials, and photonic structures, holography, light and X-ray interferometry, extensive description of diffraction optics, including dynamical X-ray diffraction, and more.

Authored by a university professor with extensive experience in X-ray diffraction research, this textbook is grounded in over 20 years of lectures to graduate students. It presents a balanced approach to basic concepts and experimental techniques, establishing X-ray diffraction as a premier method for studying material structures. The text unifies both dynamical and kinematic X-ray diffraction, using dynamical diffraction in single-scattering approximation as a bridge between the two. It highlights fundamental laws governing X-ray interactions with matter while delving into classical and modern applications, such as line broadening, texture and strain/stress analyses, X-ray mapping in reciprocal space, high-resolution diffraction, X-ray focusing, and inelastic and time-resolved scattering. The book offers unique insights, including analytic expressions for simulating diffraction profiles in thin-film heterostructures and the interaction of X-rays with phonons. Its compact and self-contained format makes it suitable for students specializing in materials science, physics, chemistry, or biology. Clear illustrations, an accessible writing style, and concise chapters enhance comprehension, making this resource essential for serious users of X-ray diffraction techniques.

Written by an experienced university teacher, this textbook is based on the author's lectures, and is designed to answer students' questions rather than delving into obscure details. The well-balanced approach gives precedence to a visual, intuitive understanding, with only as much math as is necessary. The author covers the topic of symmetry in crystals from basic elements to physical properties, backed by numerous clear-cut illustrations and easy-to-read crystallographic tables. The result is a compact and self-contained treatment suitable for crystallography courses in physics, chemistry, materials science and biology - irrespective of the academic background.