Positron and Positronium Chemistry

Chapter 1. Introduction (D.M. Schrader and Y.C. Jean). 2. Theoretical Aspects of Positronic Systems (D.M. Schrader). 3. Experimental Techniques in Positron and Positronium Chemistry (Y.C. Jean and D.M. Schrader). 4. Radiation Chemistry: Intraspur Effects and Positronium Formation Mechanics (Y. Ito). 5. Positrons and Positronium in Liquids (H. Nakanishi and Y.C. Jean). 6. Positrons and Positronium Annihilation in Gases (S.C. Sharma). 7. The Slow Positron as a Probe of Surface Chemistry (Y.C. Jean). 8. Positrons and Positronium in Molecular Solids (S.J. Wang and Y.C. Jean). 9. Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis (PASCA) (K.L. Cheng and Y.C. Jean). 10. Positronium Annihilation as a Probe for the Determination of Phase Transitions and other Structural Changes in Micellar Systems, Microemulsions, Surfactant Vesicles, and Polymers (H.J. Ache). 11. Biological Applications of Positron Annihilation (Y.Y. Wang and Y.C. Jean). Subject Index. Author Index.