Microscopic Structure Analysis in Disordered Materials using Anomalous X-ray Scattering
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Jens Rüdiger Stellhorn
Abstract
Although X-ray diffraction is still mainly used to determine crystal structures, the demand for an understanding of the atomic arrangement in disordered matter has progressively become more important over the past decades. However, apart from simple model systems, it is still a challenging task to unravel the microscopic ordering of the atoms in amorphous multi-component materials, although this knowledge becomes increasingly important in modern materials science, in which the physical properties are often related to the microscopic ordering of the different chemical species of the substance. This article reports about the combination of Anomalous X-ray Scattering (AXS) with Reverse Monte Carlo Computer simulation (RMC) as a proper tool to precisely determine the microscopic structural characteristics in such systems with high reliability. The basic principles of the method will be illustrated and some examples of modern materials will be given to proof the applicability and the capability of this method.
©2014 Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston
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- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Special Issue Commemorating the Paper “The Diffraction of X-rays by Crystals” by William Lawrence Bragg (ZPC, 104, 337–348 (1923); Nobel Lecture, September 6, 1922)
- Historical Paper
- The Diffraction of X-rays by Crystals
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- Review Article
- Ptychographic X-ray Microscopy with the Vacuum Imaging Apparatus HORST
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Special Issue Commemorating the Paper “The Diffraction of X-rays by Crystals” by William Lawrence Bragg (ZPC, 104, 337–348 (1923); Nobel Lecture, September 6, 1922)
- Historical Paper
- The Diffraction of X-rays by Crystals
- Packing Effects of N-Ras Binding to a DOPC Membrane – a Neutron Reflectivity and TIRF Spectroscopy High-Pressure Study
- High Pressure X-ray Studies of Lipid Membranes and Lipid Phase Transitions
- Microscopic Structure Analysis in Disordered Materials using Anomalous X-ray Scattering
- Comparison of the Microstructure of Stimuli Responsive Zwitterionic PNIPAM-co-Sulfobetaine Microgels with PNIPAM Microgels and Classical Hard-Sphere Systems
- The Internal Network Dynamics of Poly(NIPAM) Based Copolymer Micro- and Macrogels: A Comparative Neutron Spin-Echo Study
- Configuration Determination of Transition Metal Complexes by Multiple Scattering EXAFS Analysis: A Case Study
- Review Article
- Ptychographic X-ray Microscopy with the Vacuum Imaging Apparatus HORST
- The Interaction of Bio-Molecules with Lipid Membranes Studied by X-ray Diffraction
- Deep Sea Microbes Probed by Incoherent Neutron Scattering Under High Hydrostatic Pressure
- X-ray Reflectometry and Related Surface Near X-ray Scattering Methods
