Nanowerk

Grazing-Incidence Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering (GISAXS) for Surface Nanostructures

Schematic of a grazing incidence small and wide angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS/GIWAXS) experimental setup showing the incident (αi) and the scattered angles along the horizontal (2θf) and vertical (αf ...
Nanowerk

Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS): Probing Nanoscale Structures of Materials and Biomolecules

What is Small-Angle X-ray Scattering? Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) is a powerful analytical technique used to study the structural properties of materials at the nanoscale. It involves the ...
Nature

Crosslink inhomogeneity in epoxy resins cured with a phenolic hardener under organophosphine catalysts revealed by small-angle X-ray scattering

In this study, the crosslink inhomogeneities in two types of epoxy resins cured with a phenolic hardener under organophosphine catalysts were successfully clarified by small-angle X-ray scattering ...
Nature

Effects of density fluctuations on the fracture behavior of amorphous polymers investigated by time-resolved small-angle and wide-angle X-ray scattering

We investigated the influence of nanometer-scale density fluctuations on fractures in two amorphous polymers, poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and polystyrene (PS ...