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Critical Phenomena at Surfaces and Interfaces
ISBN: 9783540384564
Platform/Publisher: SpringerLink / Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: unlimited; Download: unlimited
Subjects: Physics and Astronomy;

This book deals with the application of grazing angle x-rayand neutron scattering to the study of surface-inducedcritical phenomena. With the advent of even more advancedsynchrotron radiation sources and new sophisticatedinstrumentation this novel technique is expected toexperience a boom.The comprehensive and detailed presentation of theoreticaland experimental aspects of the scattering of evanascentx-ray and neutron waves inside a solid makes this bookparticularly useful for tutorial courses.Particular emphasis is put on the use of this technique toextract microscopic information (correlation functions) fromthe real structure of a surface, from buried and magneticinterfaces and from surface roughness.