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Record Nr.

UNINA9910143965603321

Titolo

X-ray and Neutron Reflectivity [[electronic resource] ] : Principles and Applications / / edited by Jean Daillant, Alain Gibaud

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2009

ISBN

3-540-88588-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2009.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 350 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Physics, , 0075-8450 ; ; 770

Disciplina

539.7222

Soggetti

Solid state physics

Spectroscopy

Microscopy

Materials—Surfaces

Thin films

Materials science

Solid State Physics

Spectroscopy and Microscopy

Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films

Characterization and Evaluation of Materials

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Interaction of X-Rays (and Neutrons) with Matter -- Statistical Aspects of Wave Scattering at Rough Surfaces -- Specular Reflectivity from Smooth and Rough Surfaces -- Diffuse Scattering -- Neutron Reflectometry -- X-Ray Reflectivity by Rough Multilayers -- Grazing Incidence Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering from Nanostructures.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the first comprehensive introduction to X-ray and neutron reflectivity techniques and illustrates them with many examples. After a pedagogical introduction on the interaction of X-rays and neutrons with matter, the interplay between the statistics of rough surfaces and interfaces and the scattering of radiation is considered in detail. Specular reflectivity and diffuse scattering are discussed next , in chapters 3 and 4 . The approximations are rigorously introduced and many experimental effects are discussed. The specific aspects of



neutron reflectivity require separate treatment, given in chapter 5. Chapter 6 turns to X-ray reflectivity by rough multilayers. Eventually, chapter 7 introduces and discusses the by now well-established method of grazing incidence small angle X-ray scattering to investigate nanostructures. For the second edition, the material has been completely reorganized so as to meet the demand for a modern multi-author textbook for PhD students and young researchers. All chapters have further been thoroughly revised, updated and, where appropriate, suitably augmented. The first edition was been published as Lect. Notes Phys. m58 in the same series.