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X-ray Scattering Studies of Molecular Ordering Phenomena in Confined Films

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A knowledge of the structural behavior of molecules confined in thin liquid films and the way in which they differ from bulk behavior is of great importance to a variety of technological applications. We discuss X-ray scattering studies of the conformation of liquid polymer wetting layers on laterally structured substrates in order to test theories of the conformality of the wetting layer to the substrate. Recent work on guided X-ray beams confined to the thin film opens up the possibility of detailed studies of ordering phenomena in molecular layers adjacent to solid surfaces. Recent experiments are discussed.

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  1. Corporate Research, Exxon Research & Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ, 08801, USA

    Sunil K. Sinha, G. Vacca & Y. P. Feng

  2. Institut für Experimentalphysik der Universitat Kiel, 24098, Kiel, Germany

    M. Tolan

  3. Materials Science Department, SUNY, Stonybrook, NY, 11794-2275, USA

    Z. Li, M. Rafailovich & J. Sokolov

  4. Sektion Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians - Universitat München, 80539, München, Germany

    H. Lorenz & J. P. Kotthaus

  5. ESRF, Grenoble, France

    G. Grubel & D. Abernathy

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Sinha, S.K., Tolan, M., Vacca, G. et al. X-ray Scattering Studies of Molecular Ordering Phenomena in Confined Films. MRS Online Proceedings Library 366, 3–14 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-366-3

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