Principles and Applications of Positron Annihilation Technique

Abstract

This book provides a comprehensive description of the principles and applications of positron and positronium chemistry. Pedagogical and tutorial in nature, it will be ideal for graduate students and researchers in the area of positron annihilation spectroscopy. The contributing authors are authoritative scientists prominent in the frontiers of research, actively pursuing positron annihilation research on chemical and applied systems. 1. Introduction to positron and positronium chemistry / Y.C. Jean, P.E. Mallon, and D.M. Schrader -- 2. Compounds of positrons and positronium / D.M. Schrader -- 3. Experimental techniques in positron spectroscopy / P.G. Coleman -- 4. Organic and inorganic chemistry of the positron and positronium / G. Duplâtre and I. Billard -- 5. Physical and radiation chemistry of the positron and positronium / Sergey V. Stepanov and Vsevolod M. Byakov -- 6. Positrons and positronium in the gas phase / D.M. Schrader -- 7. Positron porosimetry / Marc H. Weber and Kelvin G. Lynn -- 8. Positron annihilation studies on superconducting materials / C.S. Sundar -- 9. Positronium in Si and SiO[symbol] thin films / R. Suzuki -- 10. Application to polymers / P.E. Mallon -- 11. Applications of slow positrons to polymeric surfaces and coatings / Y.C. Jean [and others] -- 12. Positron annihilation induced Auger spectroscopy / Shafaq Amdani [and others] -- 13. Characterization of nanoparticle and nanopore materials / Jun Xu -- 14. AMOC in positron and positronium chemistry / Hermann Stoll, Petra Castellaz, and Andreas Siegle -- Appendix. Free-volume data in polymeric materials (R.T.) / Ying Li, Renwu Zhang and Y.C. Jean.