Resonant soft X‐ray scattering in polymer science

BA Collins, E Gann - Journal of Polymer Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Resonant soft X‐ray scattering (RSoXS) is an emerging, powerful technique to probe the
nano‐to‐mesoscale structure of polymers and other molecules. It joins together small‐angle …

Resonant elastic soft x-ray scattering

J Fink, E Schierle, E Weschke… - Reports on Progress in …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Resonant (elastic) soft x-ray scattering (RSXS) offers a unique element, site and valence
specific probe to study spatial modulations of charge, spin and orbital degrees of freedom in …

Soft x-ray scattering facility at the Advanced Light Source with real-time data processing and analysis

E Gann, AT Young, BA Collins, H Yan… - Review of Scientific …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
We present the development and characterization of a dedicated resonant soft x-ray
scattering facility. Capable of operation over a wide energy range, the beamline and …

Polarized X-ray scattering reveals non-crystalline orientational ordering in organic films

BA Collins, JE Cochran, H Yan, E Gann, C Hub… - Nature materials, 2012 - nature.com
Molecular orientation critically influences the mechanical, chemical, optical and electronic
properties of organic materials. So far, molecular-scale ordering in soft matter could be …

Controlling structure and properties of vapor-deposited glasses of organic semiconductors: Recent advances and challenges

K Bagchi, MD Ediger - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
The past decade has seen great progress in manipulating the structure of vapor-deposited
glasses of organic semiconductors. Upon varying the substrate temperature during …

REFLEX: a program for the analysis of specular X-ray and neutron reflectivity data

G Vignaud, A Gibaud - Applied Crystallography, 2019 - journals.iucr.org
The use of X-ray and neutron reflectivity has been generalized worldwide for scientists who
want to determine specific physical properties (such as electron-density profile, scattering …

Resonant soft X-ray scattering for polymer materials

F Liu, MA Brady, C Wang - European Polymer Journal, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Resonant Soft X-ray Scattering (RSoXS) was developed over the last a few years,
and the first dedicated resonant soft X-ray scattering beamline for soft materials was …

Surface layering and melting in an ionic liquid studied by resonant soft X-ray reflectivity

M Mezger, BM Ocko, H Reichert, M Deutsch - Proceedings of the National …, 2013 - pnas.org
The molecular-scale structure of the ionic liquid [C18mim]+[FAP]− near its free surface was
studied by complementary methods. X-ray absorption spectroscopy and resonant soft X-ray …

Calculation of the Kramers-Kronig transform of X-ray spectra by a piecewise Laurent polynomial method

B Watts - Optics Express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
An algorithm is presented for the calculation of the Kramers-Kronig transform of a spectrum
via a piecewise Laurent polynomial method. This algorithm is demonstrated to be highly …

Structure and dynamics of confined liquids: challenges and perspectives for the X-ray surface forces apparatus

H Weiss, HW Cheng, J Mars, H Li, C Merola… - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
The molecular-scale structure and dynamics of confined liquids has increasingly gained
relevance for applications in nanotechnology. Thus, a detailed knowledge of the structure of …