Chemical Imaging Analysis [Hardcover]

Chemical Imaging Analysis covers the advancements made over the last 50 years in chemical imaging analysis, including different analytical techniques and the ways they were developed and refined to link the composition and structure of manmade and natural materials at the nano/micro scale to the functional behavior at the macroscopic scale.

In a development process that started in the early 1960s, a variety of specialized analytical techniques?was developed - or adapted from existing techniques - and these techniques have matured into versatile and powerful tools for visualizing structural and compositional heterogeneity.

This text explores that journey, providing a general overview of imaging techniques in diverse fields, including mass spectrometry, optical spectrometry including X-rays, electron microscopy, and beam techniques.

• Provides comprehensive coverage of analytical techniques used in chemical imaging analysis
• Explores?a variety of specialized techniques
• Provides a general overview of imaging techniques in diverse fields

1. Introduction 2. Spatially Confined Analysis 3. History and Present Status of Micro- and Nano-Analysis 4. Nanotechnology and Analytical Chemistry 5. Micro-?and Nano-Imaging Analysis in Mass Spectrometry 6. X-Ray Imaging 7.?Electron-based Imaging Techniques 8.?Particle-based Imaging Techniques 9. Optical Spectroscopic Imaging 10. Conclusions and Further Prospects

Covers how different analytical imaging techniques link the composition and structure of materials at the nano/micro scale to the functional behavior at the macroscopic scaleFreddy Adams is emeritus professor of analytical chemistry at the University of Antwerp. He is the author and co-author of over 500 scientific articles, several monographs and text books and ca. 10 chapters of mullóË