Positron and Positronium Chemistry

The Table of Contents for the book is as follows:

• Preface
• List of Participants
• Polymers
  • Free-Volume Hole Properties of Polymers Probed by Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy
  • Doppler Broadened Positron Annihilation Linewidth Studies of Morphological Structural Changes in Conjugated Polydiacetylene Polymers
  • Positron Annihilation in Polyethylene
  • Positron Annihilation Lifetime Studies of Filled Polymers
  • Free Volume in Contact Lens Polymers
  • Positron Bound States in Polymers
  • Pressure Dependence of Free-Volume Holes in an Epoxy Polymer
  • Influence of Electron Beam Irradiation on Polyethylene: A Lifetime Spectroscopy Study Involving Dose and Temperature
  • Low Temperature Behavior of Polyethylene Studied by Positron Annihilation
  • Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy of Polymeric Coatings
  • Positron Lifetime Spectroscopy of Interfacially Modified Glass Filled Linear Polyethylene Composites
  • Relaxation of the Excess Free Volume in Semicrystalline PEEK
  • Characterization of Polymerization of TMPTA and TMPTMA by Positron Lifetime Measurements
• Technique
  • Recent Advancements in Positron Lifetime Instrumentations
  • Numerical Determination of Positron Annihilation Rate Distributions by Regularized Solution of Integral Equations
  • Positron Ionization Mass Spectrometry: An Organic Mass Spectrometrist’s View
  • Temperature Dependence of Positron Source Corrections
• Gases
  • Time Dependence Behavior of Positrons in Noble Gases
  • Positron Collisions with Molecules: Cross Sections and Resonances
  • Annihilation of Positron and Positronium in Dense Gases
  • Behavior of Light Particles in Fluids
  • Resonance in Positron-Atom Scattering
  • Measurements of Differential Elastic Scattering Cross Sections for Collisions of Positrons of Intermediate Energy with Helium
  • Treatment of Positron-Lithium Scattering as a Three Channel Problem
  • On the Quantum Mechanics of Positronium Hydride Formation
  • Coexistence of Hydrogen and Antihydrogen: Possible Application to Cold Fusion
• Liquids
  • The Radiation Chemistry Connection
  • Positronium Chemistry in Liquids: Utility of Combining Independent Techniques and of Applying a Magnetic Field
  • On the Role of Exited Molecular States on Positronium Formation (Proposal of a New Model of Positronium Formation)
  • Self-Trapping of Positrons and Positronium in Liquids and Solids
  • Successive Captures of Particles in the Positron Spur by Halogenated Compounds in Polar Solvents
  • Photomagnetic Quenching
  • Temperature Effects in Positronium Formation and Lifetime in Solutions of Nonpolar Organic Solvent
  • Some Results of Positronium Lifetimes Under High Magnetic Field
  • Effect of External Pressure on the Reactivity of Nitrobenzene Towards Positronium in Hexane and Benzene Solutions
  • Studies of D₂O-LiOD-H₂O Electrolysis System by PA
  • Search for Heavy Quasielectrons in D₂O-Pd Electrolysis System by Positron Annihilation
• Aggregated Systems
  • Investigation of Density Inhomogeneities in Liquids with Positron Annihilation. Micellar Solutions and Liquid Hydrocarbons
  • Study of the Solubilization of Uranyl Ion in the Mirco Emulsion Phase of HDEHP-n-Heptane System Using Positron Annihilation as a Chemical Probe
  • Sensitivity of Positronium Annihilation on Phase Transition of Phospholipids
• Superconductivity
  • Positron Annihilation and High Temperature Superconductivity
  • Basic Theory for 2D-ACAR of Positrons from Superconductors
  • Positrons Annihilation Study in Sn-Doped Superconducting YBa₂Cu₃O_6.8
  • High-Tc Superconducting Films: Preparations and Characterization
  • Angular Correlation Studies on YBa₂Cu₃O₇ Superconductor
  • The Evidence of Cu(1)³⁺ Existence in Superconductive Y-Ba-Cu-0 Oxide: 1D-ADAP Data
  • Positron Annihilation in the High Temperature Superconductors on YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x Base
• Molecular Solids and Surfaces
  • Positronium in Defected Crystals of Organic Compounds
  • Positronium as Probe of Defects in Molecular Solids and at Physisorbed Surfaces
  • Positron Annihilation Study of Thin Films
  • Two Ortho-Positronium States in Synthetic Zeolites and Their Interactions with Oxygen
  • Para-Positronium Lifetime in Naphthalene
  • Positron Capture by Defects in Solids
  • Positron Annihilation Studies of Catalysis
  • Defects in Covalent Compounds Studied by Positron Annihilation Technique
  • The Effect of Sulfur Coating on the Passivation of the GaAs Surface Observed by Slow Positrons
  • Defects in MOVPE-Grown ZnSe Films on GaAs Probed by Monoenergetic Positrons
  • Electronic Structures in Elemental Semiconductors (Si and Ge) Observed by Positron Annihilation and Their Relation to Chemical Bonding
  • The Effect of Point Defects on Positron Annihilation in Si and Its Relation to Chemical Bonding
  • Electronic Structures of Compound Semiconductors Observed by Positrons and Their Relation to Chemical Bonding
  • The Effect of Electron Irradiaton of Si in Air Investigated by Slow Positrons
  • Microanalysis of Open Spaces in Crown Ethers by Using a Novel Probe: Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy
• Author Index