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Scattering Techniques Applied to Soft Matter Interfaces

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Soft Matter at Aqueous Interfaces

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An introduction to scattering techniques for the investigation of interfaces and thin films is given in this lecture. A unified formalism for reflectivity, scattering and diffraction is used in order to underline the common concepts. The different methods are illustrated with several examples of liquid surfaces, lipid membranes, polymer films, nanoparticles, using either x-rays or neutrons.

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Daillant, J. (2016). Scattering Techniques Applied to Soft Matter Interfaces. In: Lang, P., Liu, Y. (eds) Soft Matter at Aqueous Interfaces. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 917. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24502-7_12

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