Characterisation methods in solid state and materials science / / Kelly Morrison.

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Includes bibliographical references.

1. Introduction -- 1.1. Overview -- 1.2. Microscopy, spectroscopy and diffraction -- 1.3. Introductory optics -- 1.4. Introduction to atomic physics -- 1.5. Introductory solid state physics

2. Fourier series, transforms and their relevance in diffraction and microscopy -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Fourier series -- 2.3 The Fourier transform -- 2.4. Key functions and their Fourier transforms -- 2.5. The convolution theorem -- 2.6. Classic examples of diffraction patterns -- 2.7. Autocorrelation and the loss of phase information in measurements -- 2.8. Aside : some useful theorems -- 2.9. Questions

3. Diffraction techniques -- 3.1. Elastic scattering -- 3.2. Methods -- 3.3. Diffraction : Rietveld refinement -- 3.4. Grazing incidence diffraction -- 3.5. X-ray and neutron reflectivity (XRR & NR) -- 3.6. Examples of diffraction techniques in the literature -- 3.7. Questions

4. Microscopy techniques -- 4.1. Optical microscopy -- 4.2. Electron microscopy -- 4.3. Profilometry -- 4.4. Examples of microscopy techniques in the literature

5. Spectroscopy techniques -- 5.1. What is spectroscopy? -- 5.2. Energy loss spectroscopy -- 5.3. Electron spectroscopy -- 5.4. Fluorescence techniques -- 5.5. Absorption spectroscopy -- 5.6. Resonance techniques -- 5.7. Examples of spectroscopy techniques in the literature

6. Thermal characterisation -- 6.1. Some background theory -- 6.2. Calorimetry -- 6.3. Thermal conductivity -- 6.4. Examples of thermal characterisation techniques from the literature

7. Electric characterisation -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Thermo- and magneto-electric effects -- 7.3. Basics of an electric measurement -- 7.4. Measurement of resistivity -- 7.5. Bandstructure measurements -- 7.6. Examples of electric characterisation techniques in the literature -- 7.7. Questions

8. Magnetic characterisation -- 8.1. Fundamentals of magnetism -- 8.20 Magnetic interactions -- 8.3. Magnetometry -- 8.4. Magnetic imaging -- 8.5. Examples of magnetisation techniques in the literature -- 8.6. Questions.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the various characterisation techniques involved in solid state research. The generalised approach offers a deeper understanding of the benefits, drawbacks and overlap within different characterisation techniques. In particular, the book examines techniques within diffraction, microscopy and spectroscopy and discusses thermal, electric and magnetic characterisation.

Final year undergraduate, postgraduate students, researchers.

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Dr. Kelly Morrison is a Senior Lecturer and EPSRC Fellow at Loughborough University. She completed her doctorate in Physics at Imperial College, London in 2010, focusing on magnetic materials for solid state refrigeration. Since joining Loughborough University in 2013, she has shifted her research focus towards potential mechanisms for energy harvesting in thin films, in particular, the spin Seebeck effect.

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