A must for those interested in CBED
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If you're looking at this book, chances are that you are not the general reader. As a PhD student, I have found this book to be invaluable as an introduction to the theory behind convergent beam electron diffraction. It has the right amount of maths and is straight forward to read.
The chapters are as follows:
1. A brief history of electron microdiffraction
2. The geometry of CBED patterns
3. Theory (this is the chapter I find invaluable)
4. The measurement of low-order structure factors and thickness
5. Applications of three- and many-beam theory (again, very handy)
6. Large-angle methods
7. Symmetry determination
8. Coherent nanoprobes, STEM, Defects and Amorphous materias
9. Instrumentation and experimental technique (Williams and Carter are much more thorough in their "Transmission Electron Microscopy" but if you're looking for a quick guide to instrumentation, this is good, especially since it covers energy filters)
There's a huge list of references, most of which you'll have come across if, like me, you're towards the end of your literature review.
There are appendices dealing with:
1. Useful relationship in dynamical theory
2. Constants (eg. electron wavelengths)
3. Crystallographic data (a nice little introduction to crystallography, starting from the reciprocal lattice)
4. Indexed diffraction patterns with HOLZ
5. Computer programs (I've never used these but they seem to be included in every book on crystallography)
This is a good book for a postgraduate student, although an undergraduate with a good grasp of quantum mechanics and the associated maths may find it helpful. My only criticism is that there are too few illustrative CBED patterns in the book.
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