This book provides a comprehensive description of the principles and applications of positron and positronium chemistry. Pedagogical and tutorial in nature, it will be ideal for graduate students and researchers in the area of positron annihilation spectroscopy. The contributing authors are authoritative scientists prominent in the frontiers of research, actively pursuing positron annihilation research on chemical and applied systems. Contents: Introduction to Positron and Positronium Chemistry (Y C Jean et al.); Compounds of Positrons and Positronium (D M Schrader); Experimental Techniques in Positron Spectroscopy (P G Coleman); Organic and Inorganic Chemistry of the Positron and Positronium (G Duplotre & I Billard); Physical and Radiation Chemistry of the Positron and Positronium (S V Stepanov & V M Byakov); Positrons and Positronium in the Gas Phase (D M Schrader); Positron Porosimetry (M H Weber & K G Lynn); Positron Annihilation Studies on Superconducting Materials (C S Sundar); Positronium in Si and SiO 2 Thin Films (R Suzuki); Applications to Polymers (P E Mallon); Applications of Slow Positrons to Polymeric Surfaces and Coatings (Y C Jean et al.); Positron Annihilation Induced Auger Spectroscopy (S Amdani et al.); Characterization of Nanoparticle and Nanopore Materials (J Xu); AMOC in Positron and Positronium Chemistry (H Stoll et al.). Readership: Materials science researchers; physical chemists; polymer scientists and engineers; chemical and mechanical engineers; solid state physicists; graduate students in chemistry, physics, engineering and polymer science; coating industry researchers."

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There is no doubt that, when it comes to the study of the structures and defects of materials, there is presently no technique that rivals positron annihilation. The increasing demands for higher accuracy and reliability provide a constant stimulus to the field, and the present work presents the newest and most important scientific discoveries made in the field of positron annihilation. Many important new results concerning positron and positronium studies of nano-materials, defects, porous materials, low-k dielectrics, polymers, liquids, atomic physics and new instrumentation are reported in the present contributions; presented by experts from all over the world. There can be no better way of keeping up with this rapidly advancing field.

Thoroughly updated and expanded, this new Third Edition provides the latest information on dosage, forms, film defects, and polymer characterization. Written by renowned leaders in the field, Aqueous Polymeric Coatings for Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms is easily the most comprehensive book available on the market today. New to the Third Edition: the interaction of drugs with functional polymers the influence of processing parameters on coating quality the stabilization of polymeric film coats plasticizers and their applications in pharmaceutical coatings adhesion of polymeric films to solid substrates basic properties of latex and pseudolatex colloidal dispersions Key topics included: polymer interactions with drugs and excipients physical aging of polymeric films a complete overview and in-depth analysis of recent advances in the field, which includes information on the latest equipment used to apply polymers to a pharmaceutical system illustrated examples explaining the appropriate steps to be taken in order to solve formulation, processing, and stability problems to achieve an optimized dosage form

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