X-ray scattering from soft-matter thin films : materials science and basic research /

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...

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Main Author: Tolan, Metin, 1965-
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [1999]
Series:Springer tracts in modern physics ; 148.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 197 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-191) and index.
ISBN:9783540495253 (electronic bk.)
3540495258 (electronic bk.)