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X-ray crystallography /

This book is a well-balanced, thorough, and clearly written introduction to the most important and widely practiced technique to determine the arrangement of atoms in molecules and solids. Featuring excellent illustrations and homework problems throughout, the book is intended both for advanced unde...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Girolami, Gregory S., 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Mill Valley, CA : University Science Books, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Section 1: Symmetry and space groups: 1. Introduction
  • 2. Point symmetry operations
  • 3. Point groups
  • 4. Periodicity
  • 5. Travel symmetry operations
  • 6. Two-dimensional lattices
  • 7. Three-dimensional lattices
  • 8. Two-dimensional plane groups
  • 9. Equivalent positions
  • 10. Three-dimensional space groups, part 1
  • 11. Three-dimensional space groups, part 2
  • 12. Three-dimensional space groups, part 3.
  • Section 2: X-rays and diffraction: 13. Generation of x-rays
  • 14. Diffractometers and data collection
  • 15. Data reduction
  • 16. Scattering from a single electron
  • 17. Scattering from atoms
  • 18. Diffraction from one-dimensional arrays
  • 19. Diffraction from two- and three-dimensional arrays
  • 20. Reciprocal space and reflection indices
  • 21. Bragg's law, scattering planes, and d-spacings
  • 22. The limiting sphere, resolution, and indexing
  • 23. Structure factors and argand diagrams
  • 24. Phases, Friedel's law, and Laue classes
  • 25. Centrosymmetry and chirality
  • 26. Reflection conditions
  • 27. Determining the space group of a crystal.
  • Section 3: Solving and refining crystal structures: 28. Fourier transforms in crystallography
  • 29. Trial-and-error methods
  • 30. Charge flipping
  • 31. The Patterson method
  • 32. The heavy atom approximation
  • 33. Protein crystal structures
  • 34. Direct methods, part 1
  • 35. Direct methods, part 2
  • 36. Modeling the electron density
  • 37. Refining crystal structures
  • 38. Twinning
  • 39. Examples of twinned crystals
  • 40. Mistakes and pitfalls
  • 41. Powder x-ray diffraction
  • 42. Electron and neutron diffraction.