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Fig. 2.49 Dynamic structure factor at two temperatures for a nearly symmetric PEP-PDMS diblock (V = 1110) determined using dynamic light scattering in the VV geometry at a fixed wavevector q = 2.5 X 10s cm-1 (Anastasiadis et al. 1993a). The inverse Laplace transform of the correlation function for the 90 °C data is shown in the inset. Three dynamic modes (cluster, heterogeneity and internal) are evident with increasing relaxation times.

Detailed high-frequency (terahertz) dynamical studies of glasses have been probed by inelastic X-ray scattering (IXS) [139], The advantage of this technique is that with reliable measurements it allows determination of the so-called nonergodicity parameter f(q, T) as a function of wavevector q this quantity is defined by the long time limit of the density-density correlation function F(q, t) divided by the static structure factor [15],... 

Hence, it may be advantageous to perform the comparison between experimental and computer simulation functions in the reciprocal space, after computing directly the structure functions at a discrete set of wavevectors, determined with the size and shape of the simulation cell. 

Packing fractions are conveniently measured in relative separations = (- 0c)/ to the glass transition point, which for this model of hard spheres lies at 0c = 0.516 [38, 72]. Note that this result depends on the static structure factor 5 (g), which is taken from Percus-Yevick theory, and that the experimentally determined value 0expt. somewhat higher [13, 14]. The wavevector integrals were dis-... 

However, there is a shift of the entire parallelepiped diffraction spectrum by q on the wavevector scale the curve for a parallelepiped without density modulation is centered at <7 = 0 whereas the curve for the modulated structure is centered at q = qo. Such a shifted angular spectrum of diffraction intensity is very similar to that observed on the freely suspended films of smectic A liquid crystals. It allows the determination of both the smectic layer period and the film thickness. 

Fig. 5. A schematic illustration of an angle-resolved photoemission experiment An incident photon, with wavevector p and polarization E, strikes the sample with polar incidence angles (61p, p) relative to the crystal axes. In practice the light source is generally fixed relative to either the crystal or the detector. However, the ability to vary the photon polarization from synchrotron sources provides a powerful tool for obtaining information on the symmetries of electronic states. By moving the analyzer or the sample (depending on the details of the experimental apparatus), photoelectrons leaving the surface at polar angles (6, ) are collected by the spectrometer the component of their crystal momentum, k, parallel to the sample surface is strictly conserved, allowing accurate determination of the two-dimensional band structure.

Figure 5.13 A schematic diagram of the photoemission process used to determine the structure of the valence band as a function of electron wavevector, k. The incident photon has a well-defined momentum and the photoelectron has an outgoing wave vector kout- For an energy and momentum conserving process the initial energy and momentum of the electron can be determined, from which the band energy is known.

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