High brilliance small-angle X-ray scattering applied to soft matter

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 409-415

  Narayanan, Theyencheri ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

High brilliance; Microfocus; Small angle X ray scattering; Soft matter

Indexed keywords

DILUTE SYSTEM; DYNAMIC PROCESS; HIGH BRIGHTNESS; HIGH BRILLIANCE; MICRO BEAMS; MICROBEAM TECHNIQUE; MICROFOCUS; OUT OF EQUILIBRIUM; RELATED SYSTEMS; SAMPLE ENVIRONMENT; SMALL-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; SOFT MATTER; SYNCHROTRON SOURCE; SYSTEMS-DRIVEN; TRANSIENT PROCESS;

BIOLOGY; SCATTERING;

X RAY SCATTERING;

BIOLOGY; BRIGHTNESS; MICROANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 70349411555     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2009.05.005     Document Type: Review

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