Oxford School on Neutron Scattering

Alberto Albinati's Reading List

Books on neutron scattering
Books on X-Rays, lattice dynamics, spectroscopy, group theory, crystal physics
Books on solid state, chemistry, phase transitions
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Books on neutron scattering

Yu. A. Alexandrov “Fundamental Properties of the Neutron” O.U.P. 1998.

M. A. Carrondo, G. A. Jeffrey Eds. “Chemical Crustallography with Pulsed Neutrons and Synchroton Radiation.” NATO ASI SeriesC, Reidel 1988.

S-H Chen, S. Yip Eds. “Spectroscopy in Biology and Chemistry: Neutron, X-ray, Lasers” Academic Press 1974.

S-H Chen, M. Kotlarchyk “Interactions of Photons and Neutrons with Matter: An Introduction” World Scientific 1999.

G. E. Bacon “Neutron Scattering in Chemistry” Butterworths 1977.

G. E. Bacon “Neutron Diffraction” 3rd Ed., O.U.P. 1975.

G.E. Bacon Ed. “Fifty Years of Neutron Diffraction” Adam Hilger 1986.

E. Balcar, S.W. Lovesey “Theory of Magnetic Neutron and Photon Scattering” O.U.P. 1989 .

U. Balucani, M. Zoppi “Dynamics of the Liquid State” O.U.P. 1994

M. Bée “Quasielastic Neutron Scattering” Adam Hilger 1988.

H. Boutin, S. Yip “Molecular Spectroscopy with Neutrons” MIT Press 1968.

J. Colmenero, A. Alegria, F. J. Bermejo Eds. “Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering: Proceedings of the QENS 93”. World Scientific 1994.

S-H Chen, M. Kotlarchyk “Interactions of Photons and Neutrons with Matter” World Scientific 1998.

M. F. Collin “Magnetic Critical Scattering “ O.U.P. 1989.

H. Dachs Ed. “Neutron Diffraction”, Topics in Current Physic: vol. 6, Springer Verlag 1978.

B. Dorner “Coherent and Inelastic Neutron Scattering and Lattice Dynamics”. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics: vol. 93, Springer Verlag 1982.

P. A. Egeslstaff “An Introduction to Liquid State” O.U.P.

A. Furrer, J. Mesot, T. Strässle “Neutron Scattering in Condensed Matter Physics” World Scientific 2009.

W. Gavin Williams “Polarized Neutrons” O.U.P. 1988.

I. I. Gurevich, L. V. Tarasov “Low-Energy Neutron Physics” North-Holland Publ. 1968.

J. S. Higgins, H. C. Benoit “Polymers and Neutron Scattering” O.U.P., 1999.

F. Hippert, E. Geissler, J.L. Hodeau, E. Lelièvre-Berna, J.R. Regnard Eds. “Neutron and X-ray Spectroscopy” Springer 2006.

A. Heidemann, A. Magerl Eds.. “Quantum aspects of Molecular Motions in Solids” Springer Procs. in Physics, vol.17, Springer Verlag 1987.

R. Hempelmann “Quasielastic Neutron Scattering and Solid State Diffusion” O.U.P. 2000.

V. K. Ignatovich “The Physics of Ultra-cold Neutrons” O.U.P.

M. W. Johnson Ed. “Neutron Scattering Data Analysis 1986” IOP Conf. Series no.81, IOP 1986

M. W. Johnson Ed. “Neutron Scattering Data Analysis 1990” IOP Conf. Series no.107, IOP 1990

Yu. A. Izyumov, R. P. Ozerov “Magnetic Neutron Scattering” Plenum Press 1970

V. M. Nield, D.A. Keen “Diffuse Neutron Scattering from Crystalline Materials” 2001.

W. Marshall, S. W. Lovesey “Theory of Thermal Neutron Scattering” O.U.P. 1971.

R. E Lechner, C. Riekel “Applications of Neutron Scattering in Chemistry” in: “Neutron Scattering and Muon Spin Rotation.” Springer Tracts in Modern Physics: vol. 101, Springer Verlag 1983.

S. W. Lovesey “Theory of Neutron Scattering from Condensed Matter” O.U.P. 1989.

S. W. Lovesey, T. Springer Eds. “Dynamics of Solids and Liquids by Neutron Scattering”. Topics in Current Physic: vol. 3, Springer Verlag 1978.

P. C. H. Mitchell, S. F. Parker, A. J. Ramirez-Cuesta, J. Tomkinson “Vibrational Spectroscopy With Neutrons”. World Scientific 2005.

R. J. Newport, B. Rainford, R. Cywinski Eds. “Neutron Scattering at a Pulsed Source”. Adam Hilger 1988.

R. Pinn Ed. “Neutron Scattering” . Los Alamos Science No. 19, 1990

W. Press, “Single Particle Rotations in Molecular Crystals” Springer Tracts in Modern Physics: vol. 92, Springer Verlag 1981

R. J. Roe “Methods of X-ray and Neutron Scattering in Polymer Science” O.U.P. 2000.

H. Rauch, S. Werner ”Neutron Interferometry” O.U.P., 2000.

V. F. Sears “Neutron Optics “ O.U.P. 1984.

G. Shirane, S. M. Shapiro, J. M. Tranquada “Neutron Scattering with a Triple-Axis Spectrometer” C.U.P. 2002.

K. Skold, D. L. Price Eds. “Methods of Experimental Physics: Neutron Scattering” vol.23 A, B, C, Academic Press

D. Sivia “Elementary Scattering Theory” O.U.P. 2011.

G. I. Squires “Thermal Neutron Scattering” C.U.P., 1978. (reprinted Dover. 1997)

B. T. M. Willis Ed. “Thermal Neutron Diffraction” O.U.P., 1970.

B. T. M. Willis Ed. “Chemical Applications of Thermal Neutron Diffraction” O.U.P., 1973.

B. T. M. Willis, C. J. Carlile “Experimental Neutron Scattering” O.U.P., 2009.

C. C. Wilson “Single Crystal Neutron Diffraction from Molecular Materials” World Scientific, 1999.

C. G. Windsor “Pulsed Neutron Scattering” Taylor and Francis 1981.

W. G. Williams “Polarized Neutrons” O.U.P. 1988.

Books on X-rays, lattice dynamics, spectroscopy, group theory, crystal physics

F. R. Ahmed Ed. “ Crystallographic Computing” Proceedings IUCr Summer School on Crystallographic Computing” Munksgaard 1970 and the following vols. with the same title published as IUCr monographs by O.U.P

L. A. Azaroff, R. Kaplow, N. Kato, R. J. Weiss, A.J.C. Wilson, R.A. Young “X-Ray Diffraction” McGraw Hill 1974.

U. Arndt, B.T.M. Willis “Single Crystal Diffractometry” C.U.P.

D. L. Bish, J. E. Post Eds. “Modern Powder Diffraction” Reviews in Mineralogy vol. 20, Mineralogical Society of America 1985.

D. M. Bishop “Group Theory and Chemistry” O.U.P: 1983.

M. B. Boisen jr., G.V. Gibbs “Mathematical Crystallography” Reviews in Mineralogy vol. 15, Mineralogical Society of America 1985.

R. N. Bracewell “The Fourier Transform and its Applications” McGraw-Hill 1978.

P. R. Bunker, P. Jensen “Fundamentals of Molecular Symmetry“ IoP 2005.

S. Califano, V. Schettino, N. Neto “Lattice Dynamics of Molecular Crystals” Lecture Notes in Chemistry 26, Springer 1981.

D. C. Champeney “Fourier Transforms and Their Physical Applications” Academic Press 1973.

A. Clearfield, J. Reibenspies, N. Bhuvanesh Eds. “ Principles and Applications of Powder Diffraction” J. Wiley 2008.

W. Cochran “The Dynamics of Atoms in Crystals” Edward Arnold. 1973.

P. Coppens “X-ray Charge Densities and Chemical Bonding” IUCr Text - 4, O.U.P. 1997.

P. Coppens, M. B. Hall “Electron Distribution and the Chemical Bond” Plenum Press.

F. A. Cotton “Chemical Applications of Group Theory” J. Wiley

J. M. Cowley “Diffraction Physics” North Holland Publ. (2nd Ed.) 1981.

B. D. Cullity ”Elements of X-Ray Diffraction” Addison-Wesley 1978

J. C. Decius, R. M. Hexter “Molecular Vibrations in Crystals” McGraw-Hill 1977.

R. Diamond, S. Ramaseshan, K. Venkatesan “Computing in Crystallography” Indian Academy of Sciences 1980.

R.E. Dinnebier, S. J. L. Billinge Eds. “Powder Diffraction: Theory and Practice” RSC Publishing 2008.

B. Donovan, J. F. Angress “Lattice Vibrations” Chapman & Hall 1971.

M. Dove “Introduction to Lattice Dynamics” C.U.P. 1993.

M. Dove “Structure and Dynamics” O.U.P. 2003.

J. D. Dunitz “X-ray Analysis and the Structure of Organic Molecules” VCH 1995.

W .C. Elmore, M .A. Heald “Physics of Waves” Dover 1985.

A. K. Ghatak, L S. Kothary “Lattice Dynamics” Addison Wesley 1973.

C. Giacovazzo Ed. “Fundamentals of Crystallography” IUCr Texts on Crystallography, 7, . 2^nd Ed., O.U.P. 2005.

A. Guinier “X-ray Diffraction in Crystals, Imperfect Crystals and Amorphous Bodies” Dover 1994.

A. Guinier, G. Fournet, C. B. Walker, K. H. Yudowitch “Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering” J. Wiley 1955.

H. J. Juretschke “Crystal Physics: Macroscopic Physics of Anisotropic Solids” W. A. Benjamin Inc., 1974.

J. F. James “A student’s guide to Fourier Transforms” C.U.P. 1998.

H. W. Kroto “Molecular Rotation Spectra” Dover Phoenix Editions 2003.

D. W. L. Hukins “X-ray Diffraction by Ordered and Disordered Systems”. Pergamon Press, 1981.

A. I. Kitaigorodsky “Molecular Crystals and Molecules” Academic Press 1973.

A. I. Kitaigorodsky “Organic Chemical Crystallography” Plenum Press 1964.

H. Klug, L. Alexander “X-Ray Diffraction Procedures” 2^nd Ed. J. Wiley.

M. F. C. Ladd, R. A. Palmer “Structure Determination by X-ray Crystallography” Plenum 1978.

R. L. Liboff “Primer for Point and Space Groups” Springer Verlag 2004.

H. D. Megaw “Crystal Structures” (Addison-Wesley 1973), TechBooks (Reprinted)

P. Müller Ed. “Crystal Structure Refinement: a crystallographer’s guide to SHELXL” ” IUCr Texts on Crystallography, 8 . O.U.P. 2007.

R. B. Neder, T. Proffen “Diffuse Scattering and Defect Structure Simulations” IUCr Texts on Crystallography, 11 . O.U.P. 2008.

J. A. Nielsen, D. McMorrow “Elements of Modern X-ray Physics” 2^nd Ed.J. Wiley 2010.

J. F. Nye “Physical Properties of Crystals” O. U. P. 1957.

H. Poulet, J. P. Mathieu “Vibration Spectra and Crystals” G&B 1976.

R.C. Powell “Symmetry, Group Theory, and Physical Properties of Crystals” Lecture Notes in Physics; Springer 2010.

V. K. Pecharsky, P .Y. Zavalij “Fundamentals of Powder Diffraction and Structural Charact-erization of Materials” Kluwer Academics 2003.

S. Ramasheshan, M. F. Richardson, A. J. C. Wilson “ Crystallographic Statistics” Indian Academy of Sciences 1982.

Reissland “The Physics of Phonons” J. Wiley 1972.

D. A. Sands “Vector and Tensors in Crystallography” Addison Wesley 1982 (reprinted by Dover).

U. Shmueli “Theories and Techniques of Crystal Structure Determination” IUCr Texts on Crystallography, 9 . O.U.P. 2007.

L.H. Schwartz, J.B. Cohen “Diffraction from Materials” Academic Press.

P. M. A. Sherwood “Vibrational Spectroscopy of Solids” C.U.P. 1972.

Y. I. Sirotin, M. P. Shaskolskaya “Fundamental of Crystal Physics” MIR Publishers (Moscow) 1982.

G. H. Stout, L. H. Jensen “X-ray Structure Determination: A Practical Guide” J. Wiley 1989.

B. Vainsthtein “Modern Crystallography” vols. 1-4 Springer Verlag 1981.

A. Vincent “Molecular Symmetry and Group Theory” 2^nd Ed. J. Wiley 2001.

W. H. Zachariasen “Theory of X-ray Diffraction in Crystals” Dover 1967.

B. E. Warren “X-ray Diffraction” Addison Wesley 1969.

B. Williams Ed. “Compton Scattering” McGraw-Hill, 1977.

B. T. M. Willis, A.W. Pryor “Thermal Vibrations in Crystallography” C.U.P. 1975.

E. B. Wilson jr., J.C. Decius, P.C. Cross ”Molecular Vibrations” McGraw Hill 1955.

A. J. C. Wilson “Elements of X-Ray Crystallography” Addison-Wesley 1970

M. M. Woolfson “X-ray Crystallography” 2nd Ed, C.U.P. 1997.

W. A. Wooster “Tensors and Group Theory for the Physical Theory of Crystals” C.U.P. 1973.

W. A. Wooster “Diffuse X-ray Reflections from Crystals” Dover. 1997.

Books on solid state, chemistry, phase transitions

G. Alefeld, J. Völkl Eds. “Hydrogen in Metals” Topics in Applied Physics Vol. 28. Springer Verlag 1978.

N. W. Ashcroft, N.D. Mermin “Solid State Physics“ Holt-Rinehart-Winston 1976.

C. Barrett, T.M. Massalski “Structure of Metals” 3rd. Ed. Pergamon Press 1987.

V. A. Benderesky, D. E. Makarov, C. A. Wigth “Chemical Dynamics at Low Temperatures” Adv. Chem. Phys. Vol. LXXXVIII 1994.

B. J. Berne, G. Cicotti, D. F. Coker “Classical and Quantum Dynamics in Condensed Phase Simulations” World Scientific 1998.

A. Dedieu Ed. “Transition Metal Hydrides” VCH 1990.

S. Elliott “The Physics and Chemistry of Solids” J. Wiley 1998.

M. El-Batanouny, F. Wooten “Symmetry and Condensed Matter Physics. A Computational Approach” C.U.P. 2008.

H. F. Frenzen “Physical Chemistry of Inorganic Solid State” Springer 1986.

M. Fujmoto ”The Physics of Structural Phase Transitions” SpringerVerlag 1997.

Y. Fukai “The Metal-Hydrogen System” 2nd Ed. SpringerVerlag 2005.

J. I. Gersten, F. W. Smith “The Physics and Chemistry of Materials“ J. Wiley 2001.

W. Gonzales-Viñas, H. L. Mancini “An Introduction to Materials Science” Princeton University Press 2004.

D. L. Goodstein “States of Matter” Prentice & Hall 1975 (reprinted by Dover).

W.C. Hamilton , J A. Ibers “Hydrogen Bonding in Solids” W.A. Benjamin Inc. 1968.

W. F. Hosford “Materials Science: An Intermediate Text” C.U.P. 2008.

G. A. Jeffrey, W. Saenger “Hydrogen Bonding in Biological Structures” Springer Verlag 1991.

G. A. Jeffrey “An Introduction to Hydrogen Bonding” O.U.P. 1997.

C. Kittel “Introduction to Solid State Physics” 3^rd& 6^th Eds. J. Wiley

G. Kubas “Metal dihydrogen and σ-bonded complexes“ Kluwer Academic 2001.

W-K. Lee, G-D. Zhou, T. C. W. Mak “Advanced Structural Inorganic Chemistry” IUCr Texts on Crystallography, 10 . O.U.P. 2008.

F. E. Mabbs, D. J. Machin “Magnetism and Transition Metal Complexes” Dover 2008.

G.D. Mahan “Condensed Matter in a Nutshell” Princetyon Univ. Press 2011.

M. P. Marder “Condensed Matter Physics” J: Wiley 2000.

Y. Mnyukh “Fundamentals of Solid.State Phase Transition, Ferromagnetism and Ferroelectricity” 1^st Books Library 2002.

R. E. Newman “Properties of Materials” O.U.P. 2005.

P. Papon, J. Leblond, P. H. E. Meijer “The Physics of Phase Transtions” Springer Verlag 2002.

S. Scheiner “Hydrogen Bonding: A Theoretical Perspective” O.U.P. 1997.

L. Schlapbach Ed. “Hydrogen in Intermetallic Compounds” Topics in Applied Physics Vol. 63. Springer Verlag 1988.

D. V. Sivia “ Data Analysis: A Bayesian Tutorial” O.U.P. 1997.

P. Toledano, V. Dmtriev “Reconstructive Phase Transitions” World Scientific 1996.

J. M. Ziman “Principle of the theory of solids” C.U.P. 1969.

J. M. Ziman “Models of disorder” C.U.P. 1979.

D. C. Wallace “Thermodynamics of Crystals” Dover 1998.

H. Wipf Ed. “Hydrogen in Metals III” Topics in Applied Physics Vol. 73. Springer Verlag 1997.

D. J. C. MacKay “Sustainable Energy – without the hot air” UIT (Cambridge) 2009. also available free on line from www.withouthotair.com

J. J. Romm “The Hype about Hydrogen” Island Press 2004.

D. A. J. Rand, R. M. Dell “Hydrogen Energy” RSC Publishing 2008.

A few reviews and articles

A. Albinati, B.T.M. Willis "International Tables for Crystallography"; E. Prince Ed., vol.C, (2nd Ed.), Ch. 8.6 1999 "The Rietveld Method."

A. Albinati, L.M. Venanzi Coord. Chem. Rev. 200, 687-716 2000. “Transition metal hydrides as ligands”

C. Andreani, D. Colognesi, J. Mayers, G. F. Reiter, R. Senesi Advances in Physics, 54, 377–469, 2005. “Measurement of momentum distribution of light atoms and molecules in condensed matter systems using inelastic neutron scattering”

G. Allen, J. S Higgins Rep. Progr. Phys. 36, 1073 1973 “Physico-Chemical aspects of neutron studies of molecular motion”

U. Balucani, M.H. Leeb, V. Tognetti Physics Reports 373, 409 - 492, 2003 “Dynamical correlations”

H. B. Burgi Ann. Rev. Phys. Chem. 51, 275 - 296, 2000. “Motion and disorder in crystal structure analysis: measuring and distinguishing them”.

S. M. Clarke Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science 6,118 – 125, 2001.

M. Dove Am. Mineralogist 82, 213 – 244, 1997.“Theory of displacive phase transitions in minerals”.

J. Eckert, G. J. Kearly Eds. “Spectrochimica Acta No.3, 48A, 1992. Special issue on “Spectroscopic Applications of Inelastic Neutron Scattering.”

H.E. Fischer, A.C. Barnes, P.S. Salmon Rep. Prog. Phys. 69, 233–299, 2006 “Neutron and x-ray diffraction studies of liquids and glasses.”

F. Gabel, D. Bicout, U. Lehnert, M. Tehei, M. Weik, G. Zaccai Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics 35, 327–367, 2002. “Protein dynamics studied by neutron scattering”.

J. Howard, T.C. Waddington Adv. Infrared Raman Spectr., 7, pg.87, 1990.

B. S. Hudson J. Phys. Chem. A 105, 3949-3960 2001. “Inelastic Neutron Scattering: A Tool in Molecular Vibrational Spectroscopy and a Test of ab Initio Methods”

H. Jobic, D. N. Theodorou Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 102, 21–50, 2007. “Quasi-elastic neutron scattering and molecular dynamics simulation as complementary techniques for studying diffusion in zeolites”.

M. Johnson, J. Eckert, G. J. Kearly Eds. “Condensed Phase Structure and Dynamics: a Combined Neutron Scattering and Numerical Modelling Approach” Special Issue Chem. Phys., Nov. 2000

C. F. Majkrzak, M. S. Lehmann, D. E. Cox Phys. Methods Chem.Vol. 5, pg. 123, 1990. “The Application of Neutron Diffraction Techniques to Structural Studies”.

M. Prager, A. Heidemann Chem. Rev. 97, 2933, 1997. “Rotational Tunnelling and Neutron Spectroscopy”

I.F. Silvera Rev. Mod. Phys. 52,393 – 452, 1980. “The solid molecular hydrogens in the condensed phases: Fundamental and static properties”.

G. L. Squires Contemp. Phys. 17, 411, 1976. “The scattering of thermal neutrons by crystals”

H.B. Stuhrmann Rep. Prog. Phys. 67, 1073–1115, 2004. “Unique aspects of neutron scattering for the study of biological systems”.

R.K. Thomas Prog. Solid St. Chem. vol.14, pg 1, 1982. “Neutron Scattering from Adsorbed Systems”

R. Ludwig Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 40, 1808 - 1827, 2001 “Water: From Clusters to the Bulk”

T. Springer Z. Naturforsch., 48a, 406 1993. “High Resolution Neutron Spectroscopy for the Investigation of H diffusion and Molecular Rotation in Solids”

T. Steiner Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.. 41, 48 - 76, 2002 “The Hydrogen Bond in the Solid State”

Physica B Proceedings of the ECNS conferences, 1996 , 1999,2002….

Journal of Research of the N.I.S.T. No.1, 98. 1993. “NIST Cold Neutron Facility”.

Chemical Reviews No. 6, 101, 2001. “X-rays in Chemistry”.

A.J. Horsewill A. Ikram, B.I. Tomsah Mol. Phys. 84, 1257 1995. “Hydrogen Bond Dynamics in tetrafluoroterephtalic acid studied by NMR and INS”.

H. B. Burgi, S. C. Capelli Acta Cryst. A56, 403 - 412, 2000. “Dynamics of molecules in crystals from multi-temperature anisotropic displacement parameters.I. Theory”.

P. A. Georgiev, A. Albinati, B. L. Mojet, J. Ollivier, J. Eckert J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129, 8086-8087, 2007. “Observation of Exceptionally Strong Binding of Molecular Hydrogen in a Porous Material: Formation of an h²-H₂ Complex in a Cu-Exchanged ZSM-5 Zeolite”.

A.J. Horsewill, A. Aibout J. Phys. Condens. Matter 1, 9609 1989. “The dynamics of H atoms in the hydrogen bonds of carboxylic acid dimers”

S. Li, M.B. Hall, J. Eckert, C.M. Jensen, A. Albinati J. Am. Chem. Soc. 122, 2903-2910 2000. “Transition Metal Polyhydride Complexes. 10. Intramolecular Hydrogen Exchange in the Octahedral Iridium (III) Dihydrogen Dihydride Complexes IrXH₂(h²-H₂)(PR₃)₂ (X = Cl , Br, I)”

M.Bée Physica B, 182, 322 1992. “A physical insight into the elastic incoherent structure factor”

J. Eckert, J. Nicol, & al. J. Phys. Chem. 100, 10646 1996. “Absorption of Hydrogen in Ca Exchanged Na-A Zeolites Probed by Inelastic Neutron Spectroscopy”