Computer Simulation Tools for X-ray Analysis: Scattering and Diffraction Methods

302 Pages·2016·6.873 MB·English

by  Sérgio Luiz Morelhão (auth.)

Graduate Texts in Physics
Sérgio Luiz Morelhão
Computer
Simulation
Tools for X-ray
Analysis
Scattering and Diff raction Methods
Graduate Texts in Physics
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Preface
This book is dedicated to students who need to assimilate extensive knowledge
in a short period of time. The international scientific production has increased at
a breakneck pace, demanding more dynamic approaches and synergies between
different areas of knowledge. Mastering X-ray scattering and diffraction methods
meanstobecompetenttoworkinaninfinityofareas,studyingthevarioussystems
where the organizational understanding of matter at the atomic scale is necessary.
SincethediscoveryofX-radiation,itsuseasaninvestigativetoolhasalwaysbeenin
wideexpansionprovidedbyadvancesininstrumentalandcomputationalresource.
The current development in the fields of medicine and technology has as one of
its supporting pillars the structural analysis offered by X radiation. One of the
greatest difficulties faced by beginners in the effective use of this fantastic tool is
in analyzing the experimental results. Few are the situations where it is possible
to extract structural information directly from the experiments. In most situations,
computer programs are necessary for simulating the interaction of radiation with
matter. The advent of intense radiation sources and the rapid development of
nanotechnologyconstantlycreatechallengesforsolutionsbeyondthoseofferedby
thealreadysettledtechniques.Preparingnewresearchersforthisscenarioofrapid
and drastic changes requires more than teaching physical phenomena theories, it
also calls for teaching how to implement them in a simple and efficient way. In
this book, the fundamental concepts needed to analyze a wide range of materials
(macromolecules,liquids,nanoparticles,polymers,amorphous,polycrystals,small-
moleculecrystals,andproteincrystals)usingscatteringanddiffractiontechniques
are demonstrated through computer simulation tools. The chapters follow an
ascending order going from disordered to ordered matter, covering various types
ofsamplesandtargetingaunificationoftheoreticalapproaches.Thereareexercises
thatgowitheachtopicpresented,whichareproposedandsolved.Therearemore
than80routinesinMatLabdevelopedforsolvingtheexercises.Therefore,besides
X-ray physics, this book also offers a practical programming course in modern,
high-levellanguagewithaninfinityofgraphicandmathematicalresources.
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