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- Title
Application of Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Scattering and Spectroscopy to Soft Matter.
- Authors
Takahara, Atsushi; Higaki, Yuji; Hirai, Tomoyasu; Ishige, Ryohei
- Abstract
Light produced by synchrotron radiation (SR) is much brighter than that produced by conventional laboratory X-ray sources. The photon energy of SR X-ray ranges from soft and tender X-rays to hard X-rays. Moreover, X-rays become element sensitive with decreasing photon energy. By using a wide energy range and high-quality light of SR, different scattering and spectroscopic methods were applied to various soft matters. We present five of our recent studies performed using specific light properties of a synchrotron facility, which are as follows: (1) In situ USAXS study to understand the deformation behavior of colloidal crystals during uniaxial stretching; (2) structure characterization of semiconducting polymer thin films along the film thickness direction by grazing-incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering using tender X-rays; (3) X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) analysis of the formation mechanism of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT); (4) soft X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopic analysis of water structure in polyelectrolyte brushes; and (5) X-ray photon correlation spectroscopic analysis of the diffusion behavior of polystyrene-grafted nanoparticles dispersed in a polystyrene matrix.
- Subjects
X-ray scattering; X-ray spectroscopy; HARD X-rays; SYNCHROTRON radiation; MATTER; SOFT X rays; COLLOIDAL crystals
- Publication
Polymers (20734360), 2020, Vol 12, Issue 7, p1624
- ISSN
2073-4360
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/polym12071624