Interface scattering

Bauer, C., Abid, J.P., Fermin, D. and Girault, H.H. (2004) Ultrafast chemical interface scattering as an additional decay channel for nascent nonthermal electrons in small metal nanoparticles. J. Chem. Phys., 120, 9302-9315. 

The external reflection of infrared radiation can be used to characterize the thickness and orientation of adsorbates on metal surfaces. Buontempo and Rice [153-155] have recently extended this technique to molecules at dielectric surfaces, including Langmuir monolayers at the air-water interface. Analysis of the dichroic ratio, the ratio of reflectivity parallel to the plane of incidence (p-polarization) to that perpendicular to it (.r-polarization) allows evaluation of the molecular orientation in terms of a tilt angle and rotation around the backbone [153]. An example of the p-polarized reflection spectrum for stearyl alcohol is shown in Fig. IV-13. Unfortunately, quantitative analysis of the experimental measurements of the antisymmetric CH2 stretch for heneicosanol [153,155] stearly alcohol [154] and tetracosanoic [156] monolayers is made difflcult by the scatter in the IR peak heights. 

The dynamics of polymers at surfaces can be studied via dynamic light scattering (DLS), as described in Section IV-3C. A modification of surface DLS using an evanescent wave to probe the solution in a region near the interface has... 

If the scatterers are elongated along the fibre direction and the two phases and their interfaces have the same consistency in both radial and z directions, a different expression of the Porod law can be derived. 

Salgi P and Rajagopalan R 1993 Polydispersity in colloids—implications to static structure and scattering Adv. Colloid Interface Sc/. 43 169-288... 

Toney M F, Floward J N, Richter J, Borges G L, Gordon J G, Meiroy O R, Wiesier D G, Yee D and Sorensen L B 1995 Distribution of water moiecuies at Ag(111 )/eiectroiyte interface studied with surface x-ray scattering Surf. Sc/. 335 326-32... 

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