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Light scattering near and from interfaces using evanescent wave and ellipsometric light scattering

  • Sigel, Reinhard Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
    27.08.2009
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  • Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science. - 2009, vol. 14, no. 6, p. 426-437
Interfacial dynamics
Polymer brush
Wall drag effect on diffusion
Roughness
Liquid interface
Liquid crystalline anchoring
Surface fluctuations
Colloidal interfaces
Adsorption at an interface
Dynamic light scattering
Evanescent wave
Ellipsometry
Mie scattering
Ellipsometric light scattering
English The broad range of interface light scattering investigations in recent years shows the power and the versatility of these techniques to address new and open questions in colloid and interface science and the soft condensed matter field. Structural information for polymers, liquid crystals, or colloids close to planar or spherical colloidal interfaces are either captured with long range light scattering resolution, or in a complementary approach by high resolution ellipsometric techniques. Of special interest is the dynamic behavior close to or in interfaces, since it determines material properties and responses to external fields. Due to the broad dynamical range and the high scattering contrast for visible light, interface light scattering is a key to elucidate soft matter interfacial dynamics. This contribution reviews experimental and related theoretical approaches for interface light scattering and further gives an overview of achievements based on such techniques.
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Faculté des sciences et de médecine
Department
AMI - Soft Nanoscience
Language
  • English
Classification
Physics
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