Liquid surfaces and interfaces : synchrotron X-ray methods / Peter S. Pershan, Harvard University, Massachusetts, Mark Schlossman, University of Illinois, Chicago.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pershan, Peter S., 1934- author.

Schlossman, Mark, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liquid-liquid interfaces.

Synchrotron radiation.

X-ray spectroscopy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 311 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Liquid Surfaces & Interfaces

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The availability of synchrotron x-ray sources and the subsequent developments described in this book have led to substantial progress in our understanding of molecular ordering at liquid interfaces. This practical guide enables graduate students and researchers working in physics, chemistry, biology and materials science to understand and carry out experimental investigations into the basic physical and chemical properties of liquid surfaces and interfaces. The book examines the surfaces of bulk liquids, thin wetting films and buried liquid-liquid interfaces. It discusses experiments on simple and complex fluids, including pure water and organic liquids, liquid crystals, liquid metals, electrified liquid-liquid interfaces and interfacial monolayers of amphiphiles, nanoparticles, polymers and biomolecules. A detailed description of the apparatus and techniques required for these experiments is provided, and theoretical approaches to data analysis are described, including approximate methods such as the Master formula, the Born approximation, Parratt's algorithm and the Distorted Wave Approximation.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Instrumentation

3. Theory of x-ray scattering from liquid surfaces

4. Experiments on liquid surfaces and interfaces.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-53960-4

1-107-22547-7

1-68015-679-9

1-283-57471-3

9786613887160

1-139-52678-2

1-139-53144-1

1-139-52797-5

1-139-04587-3

1-139-52558-1

1-139-53025-9

OCLC:

808366458