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EMU Notes in Mineralogy 8

The properties of matter at extreme length scales and the respective processes can markedly differ from the properties and processes at length scales directly accessible to human observation. This scale-dependent behaviour is possible in both directions; towards very large and very small scales. Scientists explore the frontiers of these extreme length scales with tremendous efforts and try to gain insight into yet unknown properties and processes.

Chapter 1: Focused ion beam (FIB): site-specific sample preparation, nano-analysis, nano-characterization and nano-machining
Chapter 2: Nanopetrology of pyroxenes: reconstruction of geodynamic parameters using TEM techniques
Chapter 3: Electron energy-loss spectroscopy and energy-filtered transmission electron microscopy: Nanoscale determination of Fe³⁺/ΣFe ratios and valence-state mapping
Chapter 4: Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry - less conventional applications: TOF-SIMS, molecules and surfaces
Chapter 5: Ion microprobe analysis: Basic principles, state-of-the-art instruments and recent applications with emphasis on the geosciences
Chapter 6: Synchrotron radiation micro- and nano-spectroscopy
Chapter 7: Reactivity of mineral surfaces at nano-scale: kinetics and mechanisms of growth and dissolution
Chapter 8: Nanoparticle-host interactions in natural systems