Structure Analysis of Colloidal Systems and Polymer Gels by Small-Angle and Ultra-Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering

Ultra-small-angle X-ray Scattering

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....

Light, Small Angle Neutron and X-Ray Scattering from Gels

This paper gives two examples of experiments that demonstrate the power of small angle scattering techniques in the study of swollen polymer networks. First, it is shown how the partly ergodic character of these systems is directly detected by neutron spin echo experiments. The observed total field correlation function of the intensity scattered from a neutral gel allows the ergodic contributio...

Structure and kinetics of chemically cross-linked protein gels from small-angle X-ray scattering.

Glutaraldehyde (GA) reacts with amino groups in proteins, forming intermolecular cross-links that, at sufficiently high protein concentration, can transform a protein solution into a gel. Although GA has been used as a cross-linking reagent for decades, neither the cross-linking chemistry nor the microstructure of the resulting protein gel have been clearly established. Here we use small-angle ...

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...