Henry C. Benoît, Julia S. Higgins

541.2254

20

Uk-Trade Paper

0198500637

9780198500636

Yes

College Audience

0.9 in

9.2 in

24 Oz

6.1 in

93-015616

English

456 Pages

Polymers and Neutron Scattering

1997

Oxford University Press, Incorporated

'...it fulfils the need for a single text with sufficient detail, rigour and illustrative applications on the use of neutron beams in polymer research . . . many...will find this book useful . . . I found the introduction an excellent precis of the basics of neutron scattering and theinformation that can be obtained using this technique. The material can be used in non-specialist undergraduate courses because it is concise, informative and not overburdened with unnecessary detail . . . [it] contain[s] the essence of small angle scattering from polymers and will benefit bothbeginners and veterans . . . The discussion of main chain motion of polymers in solution and melt is excellent and neatly encapsulates current views on linear polymers . . . This is a book that all polymer scientists should have . . . As an introduction to neutron scattering from polymers it has nocompetition.'Chemistry in Britain, August 1997, "As neutron scattering experiments continue to become an integral component of the pursuit of new and otherwise unattainable information, members of this community will find the text by Higgins and Benoit to be essential reading." --AIChE Journal, "As neutron scattering experiments continue to become an integral component of the pursuit of new and otherwise unattainable information, members of this community will find the text by Higgins and Beno t to be essential reading." --AIChE Journal, "As neutron scattering experiments continue to become an integral component of the pursuit of new and otherwise unattainable information, members of this community will find the text by Higgins and Benot to be essential reading." --AIChE Journal, From Reviews of the Hardback'This book contains a systematic development of theoretical and experimental aspects of scattering from polymers. The principles presented here can be applied to all forms of scattering such as X-rays and light, not just neutrons . . . this book has the potential of being of great value . . .students who read this book will obtain a better grasp of the principles of scattering from polymers.'Polymer News, ' . . . the very text we have been waiting for . . . the authors have written the perfectly-timed book, and they have aimed it at just the right audience - the large community of problem- or product-driven, molecular-based engineers and scientists who are neither specialists in, norpractitioners of, scattering physics. As neutron scattering experiments continue to become an integral component of the pursuit of new and otherwise unattainable information, members of this community will find the text by Higgins and Benoit to be essential reading.'AIChE Journal, "As neutron scattering experiments continue to become an integral component of the pursuit of new and otherwise unattainable information, members of this community will find the text by Higgins and Benoît to be essential reading." --AIChE Journal, 'a good recommendation to newcomers, and even to experienced researchers in the field of soft condensed matter'Peter Linder, Neutron News, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1995, From Reviews of the Hardback'This book contains a systematic development of theoretical and experimental aspects of scattering from polymers. The principles presented here can be applied to all forms of scattering such as X-rays and light, not just neutrons . . . this book has the potential of being of great value . . . students who read this book will obtain a better grasp of the principles of scattering from polymers.'Polymer News' . . . the very text we have been waiting for . . . the authors have written the perfectly-timed book, and they have aimed it at just the right audience - the large community of problem- or product-driven, molecular-based engineers and scientists who are neither specialists in, nor practitioners of, scattering physics. As neutron scattering experiments continue to become an integral component of the pursuit of new and otherwise unattainable information,members of this community will find the text by Higgins and Benoit to be essential reading.'AIChE Journal' . . . a good recommendation to newcomers and even to experienced researchers . . . 'Neutron News'...it fulfils the need for a single text with sufficient detail, rigour and illustrative applications on the use of neutron beams in polymer research . . . many...will find this book useful . . . I found the introduction an excellent precis of the basics of neutron scattering and the information that can be obtained using this technique. The material can be used in non-specialist undergraduate courses because it is concise, informative and not overburdenedwith unnecessary detail . . . [it] contain[s] the essence of small angle scattering from polymers and will benefit both beginners and veterans . . . The discussion of main chain motion of polymers insolution and melt is excellent and neatly encapsulates current views on linear polymers . . . This is a book that all polymer scientists should have . . . As an introduction to neutron scattering from polymers it has no competition.'Chemistry in Britain, August 1997'a good recommendation to newcomers, and even to experienced researchers in the field of soft condensed matter'Peter Linder, Neutron News, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1995'...even if polymer physics achieves maturity this book will remain of lasting value as a lucid description of what neutron scattering can contribute to this kind of physics.'Contemporary Physics, 1998, volume 39, number 4, "As neutron scattering experiments continue to become an integral component of the pursuit of new and otherwise unattainable information, members of this community will find the text by Higgins and Benoît to be essential reading." -- AIChE Journal, '...even if polymer physics achieves maturity this book will remain of lasting value as a lucid description of what neutron scattering can contribute to this kind of physics.'Contemporary Physics, 1998, volume 39, number 4, "As neutron scattering experiments continue to become an integral component of the pursuit of new and otherwise unattainable information, members of this community will find the text by Higgins and Beno^it to be essential reading." --AIChE Journal

Oxford Series on Neutron Scattering in Condensed Matter Ser.

8

Physics / Polymer, Chemistry / Physical & Theoretical, Physics / Nuclear

Science

The application of neutron scattering to polymers provides information which cannot be obtained by other techniques and has allowed progress in our understanding of polymer conformation in the bulk. This book presents examples which are needed to understand how these techniques can be applied. It is specifically written to introduce the newcomer and non-expert in physics or chemistry to the experimental techniques and the basic theory necessary to understand the results., This is the first book written specifically to introduce the new-comer and the non-expert to the experimental techniques and basic theory necessary to understand the results obtained when using various neutron scattering techniques. Neutron scattering has become widely applied to the study of problems in polymer science and technology and yet there is no other textbook for newcomers to refer to. This is therefore a unique introduction to the basic theory and techniques making the advantages of neutron scattering, as a tool for studying polymer behaviour, much more accessible to the newcomer and non expert., The application of neutron scattering to polymers has been extremely successful during the last two decades. This book presents, for the first time, both the theories and experimental examples which are needed to understand how these techniques can be applied. Now available in paperback for the first time this book is specifically written to introduce the newcomer and non-expert to the experimental techniques and the basic theory necessary to understand the results., Neutron scattering has become quite widely applied to the study of problems in polymer science and technology. This is the first book specifically written to introduce the newcomer and non-expert to the experimental techniques and the basic theory necessay to understand the results. It is written at an introductory level and is now made available in paperback for the first time.

IntroductionNeutron Production and Detection: the nuts and boltsSpectrometers and what they meanTheoretical basis of scatteringLabelling with deuterium - how, why, and when to useForm factorsInteracting systemsExperimental examples of structural studiesDynamicsNeutron reflection for studying surfaces and interfacesGlossary of symbols

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