Critical Phenomena at Surfaces and Interfaces: Evanescent X-Ray and Neutron Scattering

ISBN-13: 9783662149751 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 149 str.

Helmut Dosch

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Evanescent X-ray scattering.- Evanescent neutron scattering.- Semi-infinite critical systems.- Surface effects at first order phase transitions.