X-ray Microscopy

Chris Jacobsen is an Argonne Distinguished Fellow at Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, and a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Northwestern University, Illinois. He is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Physical Society, and the Optical Society of America.

• 1. X-ray microscopes: a short introduction; 2. A bit of history; 3. X-ray physics; 4. Imaging Physics; 5. X-ray focusing optics; 6. X-ray microscope systems; 7. X-ray microscope instrumentation; 8. X-ray tomography; 9. X-ray spectromicroscopy; 10. Coherent imaging; 11. Radiation damage and cryo microscopy; 12. Applications, and future prospects.

'This magnificent treatise, beautifully printed (in Singapore) by Cambridge University Press, covers the subject methodically in twelve chapters … The tone is relaxed but rigorous, there is no sacrifice of exactitude to readability, though readability is certainly a priority …' P.W. Hawkes, Ultramicroscopy