High Energy Electron Diffraction and Microscopy

This book is an in-depth treatment of the theoretical background relevant to an understanding of materials that can be obtained by using high-energy electron diffraction and microscopy.

L.-M. Peng, Yangtze Professor of Nanoscale Science and Technology at Peking University; elected Fellow of Institute of Physics in 2000 and awarded the Qiu Shi Prize for Outstanding Young Scientist in Physics in 1998. Currently serves as an Associate Editor of the "International Journal of Nanoscience", a member of the Advisory Editorial Board of Ultramicroscopy and a member of the Editorial Board, MICRON. S.L.Dudarev, Principal Scientist at EURATOM/UKAEA Fusion Association and Senior Research Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford. Received DSc in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics from Moscow Engineering Physics Institute in 1994. Held visiting positions at Melbourne University, Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart and Hong-Kong Polytechnic University. Currently involved in the development of a comprehensive programme on mathematical modelling of fusion materials. M.J.Whelan, FRS, Emeritus Professor of Microscopy of Materials in the Department of Materials, Oxford University. Emeritus Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford.