Characterization of Condensed Matter: An Introduction to Composition, Microstructure, and Surface Methods - Hardcover

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Yujun Song is currently a full Professor in Applied Physics at University of Science and Technology Beijing, China, Deputy Director of Center for Modern Physics Research. After obtaining his Ph D degree in Materials science & Engineering in 2000, he has successively worked at Louisiana State University and Old Dominion University for 8 years, University of Toronto for one year and Harvard University for one and half years. His research areas are focusing in surface and interface controlled fabrication of functional nano/micro materials for biomedical engineering, new energy & industrial catalysis and information technology via novel microfluidic process, template assisted transfer nano-imprinting and varieties of inorganic-organic interface clading processes at nano/atomic scale. He serves as the main lecturer of courses like Characterization methods of Microstructures and Composition of Condensed Matter & Introduction of Advanced Science and Technology courses for undergraduates for 14 years, and also serves as the main lecturer of courses of Testing Methods of Materials & Introduction of Thin films and Coatings of Specific Cases for graduate students.
Qingwei Liao received her PhD degree from Tianjin University, China, in Microelectronics, in 2012, visited Harvard University for one year from 2018 to 2019, and is currently an Associate Professor of Beijing Information Science and Technology University. She has published more than 60 SCI-indexed journal papers. Her research area include: applied physics, nano materials, sensing technology and energy conversion, absorbing materials, ferro/piezo materials. She serves as the main lecturer of courses like Modern analytical testing methods for graduate students.

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A comprehensive and accessible introduction to the characterization of condensed materials

The characterization of condensed materials is a crucial aspect of materials science. The science underlying this area of research and analysis is interdisciplinary, combining electromagnetic spectroscopy, surface and interface testing methods, physiochemical analysis methods, and more. All of this must be brought to bear in order to understand the relationship between microstructures and larger-scale properties of condensed matter.

Characterization of Condensed Matter: An Introduction to Composition, Microstructure, and Surface Methods introduces the technologies involved in the characterization of condensed matter and their many applications. It incorporates more than a decades’ experience in teaching a successful undergraduate course in the subject and emphasizes accessibility and continuously reinforced learning. The result is a survey which promises to equip students with both underlying theory and real experimental instances of condensed matter characterization.

Characterization of Condensed Matter readers will also find:

• Detailed treatment of techniques including electromagnetic spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray absorption, electron microscopy, surface and element analysis, and more
• Incorporation of concrete experimental examples for each technique
• Exercises at the end of each chapter to facilitate understanding

Characterization of Condensed Matter is a useful reference for undergraduates and early-career graduate students seeking a foundation and reference for these essential techniques.