Resonant soft X-ray scattering for polymer materials
Abstract
Resonant Soft X-ray Scattering (RSoXS) was developed within the last few years, and the first dedicated resonant soft X-ray scattering beamline for soft materials was constructed at the Advanced Light Source, LBNL. RSoXS combines soft X-ray spectroscopy with X-ray scattering and thus offers statistical information for 3D chemical morphology over a large length scale range from nanometers to micrometers. Using RSoXS to characterize multi-length scale soft materials with heterogeneous chemical structures, we have demonstrated that soft X-ray scattering is a unique complementary technique to conventional hard X-ray and neutron scattering. Its unique chemical sensitivity, large accessible size scale, molecular bond orientation sensitivity with polarized X-rays, and high coherence have shown great potential for chemically specific structural characterization for many classes of materials.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1379534
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1359101
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- European Polymer Journal
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 81; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0014-3057
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
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Liu, Feng, Brady, Michael A., and Wang, Cheng. Resonant soft X-ray scattering for polymer materials. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2016.04.014.
Liu, Feng, Brady, Michael A., & Wang, Cheng. Resonant soft X-ray scattering for polymer materials. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2016.04.014
Liu, Feng, Brady, Michael A., and Wang, Cheng. Sat .
"Resonant soft X-ray scattering for polymer materials". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2016.04.014. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1379534.
@article{osti_1379534,
title = {Resonant soft X-ray scattering for polymer materials},
author = {Liu, Feng and Brady, Michael A. and Wang, Cheng},
abstractNote = {Resonant Soft X-ray Scattering (RSoXS) was developed within the last few years, and the first dedicated resonant soft X-ray scattering beamline for soft materials was constructed at the Advanced Light Source, LBNL. RSoXS combines soft X-ray spectroscopy with X-ray scattering and thus offers statistical information for 3D chemical morphology over a large length scale range from nanometers to micrometers. Using RSoXS to characterize multi-length scale soft materials with heterogeneous chemical structures, we have demonstrated that soft X-ray scattering is a unique complementary technique to conventional hard X-ray and neutron scattering. Its unique chemical sensitivity, large accessible size scale, molecular bond orientation sensitivity with polarized X-rays, and high coherence have shown great potential for chemically specific structural characterization for many classes of materials.},
doi = {10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2016.04.014},
journal = {European Polymer Journal},
number = C,
volume = 81,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Apr 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Sat Apr 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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