Local Structural Characterisation

<p>Inorganic materials are at the heart of many contemporary real-world applications, in electronic devices, drug delivery, bio-inspired materials and energy storage and transport. In order to underpin novel synthesis strategies both to facilitate these applications and to encourage new ones, a thorough review of current and emerging techniques for materials characterisation is needed.</p> <p>Examining important techniques that allow investigation of the structures of inorganic materials on the local atomic scale, <i>Local Structural Characterisation</i> discusses: </p> <ul> <li>Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy</li> <li>X-Ray Absorption and Emission Spectroscopy</li> <li>Neutrons and Neutron Spectroscopy</li> <li>EPR Spectroscopy of Inorganic Materials</li> <li>Analysis of Functional Materials by X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy</li> </ul> <p>This addition to the Inorganic Materials Series provides a detailed and thorough review of these spectroscopic techniques and emphasises the interplay between chemical synthesis and physical characterisation.</p>