Combining wide-angle and small-angle scattering to study colloids and self-assembly

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 227-234

  Edler, Karen J ^a   Bowron, Daniel T ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphiphiles; Colloids; Mesostructure; Self assembly; Small angle scattering; Solutions; Surfactants; Wide angle scattering

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILES; ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; COLLOIDS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CHARACTERIZATION OF STRUCTURE; COLLOIDAL MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; INTER-PARTICLE INTERACTION; MESOSTRUCTURES; SELF-ASSEMBLING; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; WIDE-ANGLE SCATTERING;

SOLS;

AMPHOPHILE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; COLLOID; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFRACTION; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; MICELLIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEUTRON; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; RADIATION RELATED PHENOMENA; RADIATION SCATTERING; REVIEW; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WIDE ANGLE SCATTERING;

EID: 84947615265     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: 18790399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2015.07.002     Document Type: Review

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