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X-Ray Scattering from Soft-Matter Thin Films
The properties of soft-matter thin films (e.g. liquid films, polymer coatings, Langmuir-Blodgett multilayers) nowadays play an important role in materials science.They are also very exciting with respect to fundamental questions: When liquids and polymers form thin films, they may be considered as trapped in a quasi-two-dimensional geometry. This confined geometry is expected to alter the properties and structures of these materials considerably. This volume is dedicated to the scattering of x-rays by soft-matter interfaces. X-ray scattering under grazing angles is the only tool for investigating these materials on atomic and mesoscopic length scales. A review of the field is presented with many examples.
Reflectivity of x-rays from surfaces -- Reflectivity experiments -- Advanced analysis techniques -- Statistical description of interfaces -- Off-specular scattering -- X-ray scattering with coherent radiation -- Closing remarks.
Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics