Near-field scattering techniques: Novel instrumentation and results from time and spatially resolved investigations of soft matter systems

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 416-425

  Cerbino, Roberto ^a   Vailati, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glass transition; Heterogeneous dynamics; Jamming; Microscopy; Scattering; Speckles

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC HETEROGENEITY; HETEROGENEOUS DYNAMICS; MICROSCOPY; NEAR-FIELD SCATTERING; NONSTATIONARY SYSTEMS; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL TECHNIQUE; SCATTERED RADIATIONS; SCATTERING MEASUREMENTS; SCATTERING TECHNIQUES; SOFT MATTER; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS;

GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; JAMMING; SPECKLE;

SCATTERING;

FAR FIELD SCATTERING; IMAGING SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROSCOPY; NEAR FIELD SCATTERING; RADIATION SCATTERING; REVIEW; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING;

EID: 70349419518     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2009.07.003     Document Type: Review

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