Introduction. Introduction to Materials Characterization ........ 1
G. Amarendra, Baldev Raj and M.H. Manghnani
Chapter 1. Atomistic Characterization of Materials using
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy/Spectroscopy ....... 23
С.V. Dharmadhikari
Chapter 2. Recent Advances in Characterization of
Materials using Electron Microscopy .............. 45
M. Vijayalakshmi
Chapter 3. X-ray Reflectivity: A Non-destructive Technique
for the Study of Thin Films and Multilayers ...... 63
Ajay Gupta
Chapter 4. Latest Trends in Ultrasonic Technique for
Materials Characterization ....................... 88
С.Н. Chen, T. Jayakumar and Anish Kumar
Chapter 5. Characterization of Soft Condensed Matter using
Confocal Microscopy ............................. 123
B.V.R. Tata and Baldev Raj
Chapter 6. Characterization of Defects in Semiconductor
Devices using Positron Annihilation ............. 157
R. Suzuki and G. Amarendra
Chapter 7. Elasticity Characterization of Covalent
(B-C-N)Hard Materials and Films by
Brillouin Scattering ............................ 184
Pavel V. Zinin and Murli H. Manghnani
Contributors and editors ...................................... 212
Index ......................................................... 213
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