4D electron microscopy [[electronic resource] ] : imaging in space and time / / Ahmed H. Zewail, John M. Thomas |
Autore | Zewail Ahmed H |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (360 p.) |
Disciplina | 570.28/25 |
Altri autori (Persone) | ThomasJ. M (John Meurig) |
Soggetto topico |
Electron microscopy
Hyperspace Space and time Three-dimensional imaging |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-75991-4
9786612759918 1-84816-391-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Acknowledgements; Preface; Contents; 1. Historical Perspectives: From Camera Obscura to 4D Imaging; References; 2. Concepts of Coherence: Optics, Diffraction, and Imaging; 2.1 Coherence - A Simplified Prelude; 2.2 Optical Coherence and Decoherence; 2.3 Coherence in Diffraction; 2.3.1 Rayleigh criterion and resolution; 2.3.2 Diffraction from atoms and molecules; 2.4 Coherence and Diffraction in Crystallography; 2.5 Coherence in Imaging; 2.5.1 Basic concepts; 2.5.2 Coherence of the source, lateral and temporal; 2.5.3 Imaging in electron microscopy; 2.6 Instrumental Factors Limiting Coherence
References 3. From 2D to 3D Structural Imaging: Salient Concepts; 3.1 2D and 3D Imaging; 3.2 Electron Crystallography: Combining Diffraction and Imaging; 3.3 High-Resolution Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy; 3.3.1 Use of STEM for electron tomography of inorganic materials; 3.4 Biological and Other Organic Materials; 3.4.1 Macromolecular architecture visualized by cryo-electron tomography; 3.5 Electron-Energy-Loss Spectroscopy and Imaging by Energy-Filtered TEM; 3.5.1 Combined EELS and ET in cellular biology; 3.6 Electron Holography; References 4. Applications of 2D and 3D Imaging and Related Techniques 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Real-Space Crystallography via HRTEM and HRSTEM; 4.2.1 Encapsulated nanocrystalline structures; 4.2.2 Nanocrystalline catalyst particles of platinum; 4.2.3 Microporous catalysts and molecular sieves; 4.2.4 Other zeolite structures; 4.2.5 Structures of complex catalytic oxides solved by HRSTEM; 4.2.6 The value of electron diffraction in solving 3D structures; 4.3 Electron Tomography; 4.4 Electron Holography; 4.5 Electron Crystallography; 4.5.1 Other complex inorganic structures; 4.5.2 Complex biological structures 4.6 Electron-Energy-Loss Spectroscopy and Imaging 4.7 Atomic Resolution in an Environmental TEM; 4.7.1 Atomic-scale electron microscopy at ambient pressure by exploiting the technology of microelectromechanical systems; References; 5. 4D Electron Imaging in Space and Time: Principles; 5.1 Atomic-Scale Resolution in Time; 5.1.1 Matter particle-wave duality; 5.1.2 Analogy with light; 5.1.3 Classical atoms: Wave packets; 5.1.4 Paradigm case study: Two atoms; 5.2 From Stop-Motion Photography to Ultrafast Imaging; 5.2.1 High-speed shutters; 5.2.2 Stroboscopy; 5.2.3 Ultrafast techniques 5.2.4 Ultrafast lasers 5.3 Single-Electron Imaging; 5.3.1 Coherence of ultrafast packets; 5.3.2 The double-slit experiment revisited; 5.3.3 Ultrafast versus fast imaging; 5.3.4 The velocity mismatch and attosecond regime; 5.4 4D Microscopy: Brightness, Coherence and Degeneracy; 5.4.1 Coherence volume and degeneracy; 5.4.2 Brightness and degeneracy; 5.4.3 Coherence and Contrast; 5.4.4 Contrast, dose, and resolution; Further Reading; References; 6. 4D Ultrafast Electron Imaging: Developments and Applications; 6.1 Developments at Caltech - A Brief History; 6.2 Instruments and Techniques 6.3 Structure, Morphology, and Mechanics |
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Zewail Ahmed H | ||
London, : Imperial College Press | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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4D electron microscopy [[electronic resource] ] : imaging in space and time / / Ahmed H. Zewail, John M. Thomas |
Autore | Zewail Ahmed H |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (360 p.) |
Disciplina | 570.28/25 |
Altri autori (Persone) | ThomasJ. M (John Meurig) |
Soggetto topico |
Electron microscopy
Hyperspace Space and time Three-dimensional imaging |
ISBN |
1-282-75991-4
9786612759918 1-84816-391-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Acknowledgements; Preface; Contents; 1. Historical Perspectives: From Camera Obscura to 4D Imaging; References; 2. Concepts of Coherence: Optics, Diffraction, and Imaging; 2.1 Coherence - A Simplified Prelude; 2.2 Optical Coherence and Decoherence; 2.3 Coherence in Diffraction; 2.3.1 Rayleigh criterion and resolution; 2.3.2 Diffraction from atoms and molecules; 2.4 Coherence and Diffraction in Crystallography; 2.5 Coherence in Imaging; 2.5.1 Basic concepts; 2.5.2 Coherence of the source, lateral and temporal; 2.5.3 Imaging in electron microscopy; 2.6 Instrumental Factors Limiting Coherence
References 3. From 2D to 3D Structural Imaging: Salient Concepts; 3.1 2D and 3D Imaging; 3.2 Electron Crystallography: Combining Diffraction and Imaging; 3.3 High-Resolution Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy; 3.3.1 Use of STEM for electron tomography of inorganic materials; 3.4 Biological and Other Organic Materials; 3.4.1 Macromolecular architecture visualized by cryo-electron tomography; 3.5 Electron-Energy-Loss Spectroscopy and Imaging by Energy-Filtered TEM; 3.5.1 Combined EELS and ET in cellular biology; 3.6 Electron Holography; References 4. Applications of 2D and 3D Imaging and Related Techniques 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Real-Space Crystallography via HRTEM and HRSTEM; 4.2.1 Encapsulated nanocrystalline structures; 4.2.2 Nanocrystalline catalyst particles of platinum; 4.2.3 Microporous catalysts and molecular sieves; 4.2.4 Other zeolite structures; 4.2.5 Structures of complex catalytic oxides solved by HRSTEM; 4.2.6 The value of electron diffraction in solving 3D structures; 4.3 Electron Tomography; 4.4 Electron Holography; 4.5 Electron Crystallography; 4.5.1 Other complex inorganic structures; 4.5.2 Complex biological structures 4.6 Electron-Energy-Loss Spectroscopy and Imaging 4.7 Atomic Resolution in an Environmental TEM; 4.7.1 Atomic-scale electron microscopy at ambient pressure by exploiting the technology of microelectromechanical systems; References; 5. 4D Electron Imaging in Space and Time: Principles; 5.1 Atomic-Scale Resolution in Time; 5.1.1 Matter particle-wave duality; 5.1.2 Analogy with light; 5.1.3 Classical atoms: Wave packets; 5.1.4 Paradigm case study: Two atoms; 5.2 From Stop-Motion Photography to Ultrafast Imaging; 5.2.1 High-speed shutters; 5.2.2 Stroboscopy; 5.2.3 Ultrafast techniques 5.2.4 Ultrafast lasers 5.3 Single-Electron Imaging; 5.3.1 Coherence of ultrafast packets; 5.3.2 The double-slit experiment revisited; 5.3.3 Ultrafast versus fast imaging; 5.3.4 The velocity mismatch and attosecond regime; 5.4 4D Microscopy: Brightness, Coherence and Degeneracy; 5.4.1 Coherence volume and degeneracy; 5.4.2 Brightness and degeneracy; 5.4.3 Coherence and Contrast; 5.4.4 Contrast, dose, and resolution; Further Reading; References; 6. 4D Ultrafast Electron Imaging: Developments and Applications; 6.1 Developments at Caltech - A Brief History; 6.2 Instruments and Techniques 6.3 Structure, Morphology, and Mechanics |
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Zewail Ahmed H | ||
London, : Imperial College Press | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bioethics in complexity [[electronic resource] ] : foundations and evolutions / / editors, Sergio De Risio, Franco F. Orsucci |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (101 p.) |
Disciplina | 174/.957 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
De RisioSergio <1945->
OrsucciFranco |
Soggetto topico |
Bioethics
Medical ethics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-86657-1
9786611866570 1-86094-594-5 1-86094-400-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1. On a Possible Foundation of Ethics Sergio De Risio, Chiara Cuomo; 2. In Darwin's Wake, Where Did I Go? Daniel C. Dennett; 3. Post-Kantian Problems of an Ethics of the Good Life and the Foundations of Discourse Ethics Karl-Otto Apel; 1. The Choice of My Topic Justified; 2. Ethics of the Good Life and other Problems of Ethics after Kant's Innovation of Universalistic Ethics; 3. The Transcendental-pragmatic Foundation of Dialogical or Discourse Ethics; 4. Discourse Ethics and the Concern of an Ethics of Self-Realization
4. Emotion, Metaphor and the Evolution of the Mind Arnold H. Modell5. Ethos in Action Franco F. Orsucci; 1. Evolution; 2. Local Rules; 3. Human Rights; 4. Language and Consciousness; 5. Time and Subject for Action; 6. Doublings; 7. Intention and Narration; 8. The Ethical Thing; Bibliography; Index |
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London, : Imperial College Press | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bioethics in complexity [[electronic resource] ] : foundations and evolutions / / editors, Sergio De Risio, Franco F. Orsucci |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (101 p.) |
Disciplina | 174/.957 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
De RisioSergio <1945->
OrsucciFranco |
Soggetto topico |
Bioethics
Medical ethics |
ISBN |
1-281-86657-1
9786611866570 1-86094-594-5 1-86094-400-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1. On a Possible Foundation of Ethics Sergio De Risio, Chiara Cuomo; 2. In Darwin's Wake, Where Did I Go? Daniel C. Dennett; 3. Post-Kantian Problems of an Ethics of the Good Life and the Foundations of Discourse Ethics Karl-Otto Apel; 1. The Choice of My Topic Justified; 2. Ethics of the Good Life and other Problems of Ethics after Kant's Innovation of Universalistic Ethics; 3. The Transcendental-pragmatic Foundation of Dialogical or Discourse Ethics; 4. Discourse Ethics and the Concern of an Ethics of Self-Realization
4. Emotion, Metaphor and the Evolution of the Mind Arnold H. Modell5. Ethos in Action Franco F. Orsucci; 1. Evolution; 2. Local Rules; 3. Human Rights; 4. Language and Consciousness; 5. Time and Subject for Action; 6. Doublings; 7. Intention and Narration; 8. The Ethical Thing; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783487603321 |
London, : Imperial College Press | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Central nerve plexus injury [[electronic resource] /] / Thomas Carlstedt |
Autore | Carlstedt Thomas |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
Disciplina | 617.482059 |
Soggetto topico |
Central nervous system - Wounds and injuries
Nervous system - Wounds and injuries |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-12050-2
9786611120504 1-86094-870-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. The Intraspinal Plexus Injury and Its Natural History; 3. Surgical Anatomy; 4. Assessment of Patients with Intraspinal Plexus Injuries; 5. Palliative Peripheral Nerve Procedures for Spinal Root Injuries; 6. Basic Science of Experimental Root Injuries; 7. Surgical Exposures and Repairs; 8. Outcome; 9. Conclusion; Index |
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Carlstedt Thomas | ||
London, : Imperial College Press | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Central nerve plexus injury [[electronic resource] /] / Thomas Carlstedt |
Autore | Carlstedt Thomas |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
Disciplina | 617.482059 |
Soggetto topico |
Central nervous system - Wounds and injuries
Nervous system - Wounds and injuries |
ISBN |
1-281-12050-2
9786611120504 1-86094-870-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. The Intraspinal Plexus Injury and Its Natural History; 3. Surgical Anatomy; 4. Assessment of Patients with Intraspinal Plexus Injuries; 5. Palliative Peripheral Nerve Procedures for Spinal Root Injuries; 6. Basic Science of Experimental Root Injuries; 7. Surgical Exposures and Repairs; 8. Outcome; 9. Conclusion; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784002403321 |
Carlstedt Thomas | ||
London, : Imperial College Press | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Chemistry [[electronic resource] ] : the impure science / / Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Jonathan Simon |
Autore | Bensaude-Vincent Bernadette |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
Disciplina | 540 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SimonJonathan <1964-> |
Soggetto topico |
Chemistry - Philosophy
Chemistry |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-84816-226-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ch. 1. Introduction: chemistry and its discontents. The philosophy of chemistry. The image of chemistry. The goals of the book. The structure of the book -- ch. 2. Chemistry and pollution. Chemistry versus natural. Chemistry in literature. Silent spring. "Better things for better living ... through chemistry". Abundance and waste. Courting disaster. Artificial or natural? -- ch. 3. The damnation of the alchemist. Magicians or charlatans. In defense of artifice. Faustian ambitions. From extracts to ersatz. Pure and applied chemistry. Artefacts as hybrids of nature and society -- ch. 4. The space of the laboratory. Chemical recipe books. A space of toil. Seeing at a glance. A purified space. A social space. An instrumental space -- ch. 5. Proof in the laboratory. Chemical experiment as public spectacle. Instruments of decision. The power of scepticism. The price of proof. The limits of proof -- ch. 6. Chemistry creates its object. The different meanings of synthesis. From simple to complex. From fictions to artefacts. A creative process -- ch. 7. A duel between two conceptions of matter. The ancient concept of phusis. Atoms versus elements; two rival systems. Is chemistry Aristotelian? The aporia of the mixt. Mixts or compounds, Stahl or Lavoisier. A vexing question -- ch. 8. Chemistry versus physics. To each science its ontology. The ultimate quest. No matter without qualities. No matter without agency -- ch. 9. Atoms or elements. Mendeleev's wager. Renewing Mendeleev's wager. Who's afraid of reductionism? Between the macro and the micro -- ch. 10. Positivism and chemistry. A variety of positivisms. Chemistry as the model for positive science. Positivism as an obstacle? Positivism versus realism -- ch. 11. Atoms as fictions. Writing formulae. Types and models. Agnostic atomism. Atoms as mediators. The phenomenalist response. The instrumentalist response. The energetist response -- ch. 12. Agency and relations. Elements as actors. Operational realism. Alternative metaphors -- ch. 13. Taming the nanoworld. Bottom-up versus top-down. Rational design. Bio-inspired chemistry. The return of chemistry's Faustian ambitions. The rise of chemistry's philosophical ambitions -- ch. 14. Towards a responsible chemistry. Concerns about the future. The chemist's code of conduct. From prudence to precaution. A new chemical culture? |
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Bensaude-Vincent Bernadette | ||
London, : Imperial College Press | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Chemistry [[electronic resource] ] : the impure science / / Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Jonathan Simon |
Autore | Bensaude-Vincent Bernadette |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
Disciplina | 540 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SimonJonathan <1964-> |
Soggetto topico |
Chemistry - Philosophy
Chemistry |
ISBN | 1-84816-226-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ch. 1. Introduction: chemistry and its discontents. The philosophy of chemistry. The image of chemistry. The goals of the book. The structure of the book -- ch. 2. Chemistry and pollution. Chemistry versus natural. Chemistry in literature. Silent spring. "Better things for better living ... through chemistry". Abundance and waste. Courting disaster. Artificial or natural? -- ch. 3. The damnation of the alchemist. Magicians or charlatans. In defense of artifice. Faustian ambitions. From extracts to ersatz. Pure and applied chemistry. Artefacts as hybrids of nature and society -- ch. 4. The space of the laboratory. Chemical recipe books. A space of toil. Seeing at a glance. A purified space. A social space. An instrumental space -- ch. 5. Proof in the laboratory. Chemical experiment as public spectacle. Instruments of decision. The power of scepticism. The price of proof. The limits of proof -- ch. 6. Chemistry creates its object. The different meanings of synthesis. From simple to complex. From fictions to artefacts. A creative process -- ch. 7. A duel between two conceptions of matter. The ancient concept of phusis. Atoms versus elements; two rival systems. Is chemistry Aristotelian? The aporia of the mixt. Mixts or compounds, Stahl or Lavoisier. A vexing question -- ch. 8. Chemistry versus physics. To each science its ontology. The ultimate quest. No matter without qualities. No matter without agency -- ch. 9. Atoms or elements. Mendeleev's wager. Renewing Mendeleev's wager. Who's afraid of reductionism? Between the macro and the micro -- ch. 10. Positivism and chemistry. A variety of positivisms. Chemistry as the model for positive science. Positivism as an obstacle? Positivism versus realism -- ch. 11. Atoms as fictions. Writing formulae. Types and models. Agnostic atomism. Atoms as mediators. The phenomenalist response. The instrumentalist response. The energetist response -- ch. 12. Agency and relations. Elements as actors. Operational realism. Alternative metaphors -- ch. 13. Taming the nanoworld. Bottom-up versus top-down. Rational design. Bio-inspired chemistry. The return of chemistry's Faustian ambitions. The rise of chemistry's philosophical ambitions -- ch. 14. Towards a responsible chemistry. Concerns about the future. The chemist's code of conduct. From prudence to precaution. A new chemical culture? |
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Bensaude-Vincent Bernadette | ||
London, : Imperial College Press | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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Entropy theory of aging systems [[electronic resource] ] : humans, corporations and the universe / / Daniel Hershey |
Autore | Hershey Daniel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (400 p. ) : ill |
Disciplina | 536.73 |
Soggetto topico |
Entropy
Nonequilibrium thermodynamics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-75979-5
9786612759796 1-84816-293-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Life and death -- pt. 2. Entropy, infinity and God -- pt. 3. Lifespan and factors affecting it : humans -- pt. 4. Entropy theory of aging systems : humans -- pt. 5. Entropy theory of aging systems : the corporation -- pt. 6. Entropy theory at aging systems : the universe. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455566003321 |
Hershey Daniel | ||
London, : Imperial College Press | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Entropy theory of aging systems [[electronic resource] ] : humans, corporations and the universe / / Daniel Hershey |
Autore | Hershey Daniel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (400 p. ) : ill |
Disciplina | 536.73 |
Soggetto topico |
Entropy
Nonequilibrium thermodynamics |
ISBN |
1-282-75979-5
9786612759796 1-84816-293-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Life and death -- pt. 2. Entropy, infinity and God -- pt. 3. Lifespan and factors affecting it : humans -- pt. 4. Entropy theory of aging systems : humans -- pt. 5. Entropy theory of aging systems : the corporation -- pt. 6. Entropy theory at aging systems : the universe. |
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Hershey Daniel | ||
London, : Imperial College Press | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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