Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering from the Surfaces of Polymer Crystals

Application of small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) for differentiation between normal and cancerous breast tissues

ABSTRACT Background: Coherent scattering leads to diffraction effects and especially constructive interferences. Theseinterferences carry some information about the molecular structure of the tissue. As breast cancer isthe most widespread cancer in women, this project evaluated the application of small angleX-ray scattering (SAXS) for differentiation between normal and cancerous breast tissues....

Small-angle X-ray scattering of polymers.

A. Temperature Chambers 1735 B. Pressure Cells 1735 C. Stretching Equipment 1736 D. Fiber Spinning Equipment 1737 E. Fiber Drawing Apparatus 1738 F. Shear Apparatus 1739 IV. Combined Techniques 1739 A. Simultaneous SAXS/WAXD 1739 B. Raman Spectroscopy 1740 C. Laser Light Scattering 1741 D. Fourier Transform IR Spectroscopy 1743 V. Applications 1743 A. Materials-Based Studies 1743 1. Block Copol...

Monitoring the transition from spherical to polymer-like surfactant micelles using small-angle X-ray scattering.

Despite over a century of modern surfactant science, the kinetic pathways of morphological transitions in micellar systems are still not well understood. This is mainly as a result of the lack of sufficiently fast methods that can capture the structural changes of such transitions. Herein, a simple surfactant system consisting of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) in aqueous NaCl solutions is investi...

Ultra-small-angle X-ray Scattering

Magnetic Small Angle X-Ray Scattering

We present first experimental results of the extension of X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism (X-MCD) to Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS). The purpose of this study is to determine size distributions and correlations lengths in the nanometer range of magnetic precipitates in granular systems. Magnetic scattering curves obtained with a GdFe system at the Gd La edge are compared with reference m...