Critical Phenomena at Surfaces and Interfaces: Evanescent X-ray and Neutron Scattering: v. 126 (Springer Tracts in Modern Physics) - Tapa dura

This book deals with the application of grazing angle x-ray and neutron scattering to the study of surface-induced critical phenomena. With the advent of even more advanced synchrotron radiation sources and new sophisticated instrumentation this novel technique is expected to experience a boom. The comprehensive and detailed presentation of theoretical and experimental aspects of the scattering of evanascent x-ray and neutron waves inside a solid makes this book particularly useful for tutorial courses. Particular emphasis is put on the use of this technique to extract microscopic information (correlation functions) from the real structure of a surface, from buried and magnetic interfaces and from surface roughness.

Much progress has been made in the understanding of critical phenomena at surfaces and interfaces as a result of the novel experimental technique of grazing angle x-ray and neuron scattering, and theoretical concepts and predictions such as surface-induced order and disorder. This volume treats the scattering of evanascent x-ray and neutron waves inside a solid. Particular emphasis is put on the use of this technique to extract microscopic information from the real structure of a surface, from buried and magnetic interfaces and from surface roughness.