Explores the historical perspective, properties, and applications of X-rays, including diffraction, atomic resolution, and spectral colors of elements.
Covers Energy Dispersive X-ray Microanalysis, explaining how X-rays reveal elemental composition and discussing X-ray generation, detection, efficiency, and quantification.
Explores synchrotrons, x-ray free-electron lasers, and their applications in photoelectron spectroscopies, including hard x-ray PES variants and ambient-pressure PES.
Covers the fundamentals of the Magneto-optical Kerr Effect (MOKE) and its applications in ultrafast magnetization processes and magnetic optical spectroscopy.
Introduces optical methods in chemistry, covering ray optics, lasers, spectroscopy, and X-ray physics, emphasizing light-matter interactions and Nobel Prize-winning advancements.