X-Ray Scattering from Soft-Matter Thin Films: Materials Science and Basic Research (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783662142189)

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: In thin films, liquids and polymers 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 to investigating these materials on atomic and mesoscopic length scales. A review of the field is presented with many examples.

Author: Metin Tolan
ISBN-10: 366214218X
ISBN-13: 9783662142189
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 10/03/2013
Pages: 198
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.45d