Critical phenomena at surfaces and interfaces

Description:

This book deals with the application of grazing angle x-ray and neutron scattering to the study of surface-induced critical phenomena. With the advent of even more advanced synchrotron radiation sources and new sophisticated instrumentation this novel technique is expected to experience a boom. The comprehensive and detailed presentation of theoretical and experimental aspects of the scattering of evanascent x-ray and neutron waves inside a solid makes this book particularly useful for tutorial courses. Particular emphasis is put on the use of this technique to extract microscopic information (correlation functions) from the real structure of a surface, from buried and magnetic interfaces and from surface roughness.

subjects: Critical phenomena (Physics),  Grazing incidence,  Neutrons,  Optical properties,  Scattering,  Surfaces (Physics),  X-rays,  Crystallography,  Physical and theoretical Chemistry,  Physics,  Physical organic chemistry,  Spectrum analysis,  Ultrafast Optics Optical Spectroscopy,  Thin Films Surfaces and Interfaces,  Characterization and Evaluation of Materials