Understanding Single-Crystal X-Ray Crystallography

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Product Description The first textbook for teaching this method to users with little mathematical background logically presents the theory and fundamentals in an easily comprehensible, self-contained way. The result is a must-have for advanced undergraduate students, as well as masters and graduate students and other users of single-crystal X-ray crystallography from many various disciplines. Review "It is not necessary to follow all the intricate mathematical treatment of matrices, Fourier summation, statistics and so on, in order to derive benefit from the clearly written text and the good range of worked examples". (Chemistry World, 1 January 2011) From the Inside Flap X-ray crystallography is a powerful and widely used method for studying molecular structures. Small crystals of the molecule are created and these are then investigated using an X-ray beam. The crystal scatters the X-rays in a characteristic pattern, which can be analyzed to reveal the exact structure of the molecule. This is the first textbook which examines and explains this method to users with only modest mathematical backgrounds and presents the theory and fundamentals in an easily comprehensible, self-contained way. The result is a must-have for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and professional users of single-crystal X-ray crystallography from many various disciplines. In order to aid with learning and understanding, exercises and solutions related to X-ray crystallography can be found on our website: www.wiley-vch.de/publish/en/books/ISBN978-3527-32794-2 From the Back Cover X-ray crystallography is a powerful and widely used method for studying molecular structures. Small crystals of the molecule are created and these are then investigated using an X-ray beam. The crystal scatters the X-rays in a characteristic pattern, which can be analyzed to reveal the exact structure of the molecule. This is the first textbook which examines and explains this method to users with only modest mathematical backgrounds and presents the theory and fundamentals in an easily comprehensible, self-contained way. The result is a must-have for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and professional users of single-crystal X-ray crystallography from many various disciplines. In order to aid with learning and understanding, exercises and solutions related to X-ray crystallography can be found on our website: www.wiley-vch.de/publish/en/books/ISBN978-3527-32794-2 About the Author Professor Dennis W. Bennett is a Professor of Chemistry and a member of the Laboratory for the Surface Studies at University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. His research focuses on the physical-inorganic chemistry of molecular devices and catalytic systems. He holds a BS in Biological Sciences and a PhD in Chemistry, both from the University of Utah, where he also did post-doctoral research in photocatalysis. In more recent years, he was a NIH Senior Fellow at the Medical College of Wisconsin, where he gained expertise in macromolecular crystallography. He has also served as Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UWM, and as a program manager in Basic Energy Services at the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior to his academic career, he was a research chemist at Phillips Petroleum Corp., and has continued to serve as a consultant to a number of companies and government agencies throughout the U.S. He is the author of over 130 peer-reviewed research publications.