X-ray reflectivity of a Langmuir monolayer on water

X-ray reflectivity of a Langmuir monolayer on water

2014 We built a special Langmuir through allowing the use of X-ray reflectivity. Using the device we studied for the first time the density profile of a Langmuir monolayer directly on water. This experiment opens new prospects in particular to measure the roughness of solid films on water subphase. Revue Phys. Appl. 22 .(1987) 775-778 AOÛT 1987,

Magnetic X-ray Reflectivity

Combined study of X-ray reflectivity and atomic force microscopy on a surface-grafted phospholipid monolayer on a solid.

We investigated the detailed structure of a surface-grafted phospholipid monolayer, which was polymerized in situ onto a methacryloyl-silanized solid surface. By the combined study of X-ray reflectivity and atomic force microscopy, the in situ polymerization step of the lipid molecules are sufficiently detailed to reveal the molecular structure of lipid molecules before and after in situ polyme...

X-Ray and Neutron Reflectivity

re = 2.818 × 10−15m is the classical electron radius, ρe is the electron density of the material, and μx is the absorption length. With δ > 0 we find that n < 1, which leads to the phenomenon of so-called total external reflection for incident angles αi below the critical angle αc = √ 2δ. Typical values for δ are 10−5 . . . 10−6, and thus αc is in the range of 0.1 ◦ . . . 0.5◦. For simplicity, ...

Monolayer/bilayer transition in Langmuir films of derivatized gold nanoparticles at the gas/water interface: an x-ray scattering study.

The microscopic structure of Langmuir films of derivatized gold nanoparticles has been studied as a function of area/particle on the water surface. The molecules (AuSHDA) consist of gold particles of mean core diameter D approximately 22 angstroms that have been stabilized by attachment of carboxylic acid terminated alkylthiols, HS-(CH2)15-COOH. Compression of the film results in a broad platea...