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April 2007 issue

Proceedings of the XIIIth International Conference on Small-Angle Scattering (Online Supplement)

Kyoto, Japan, 9-13 July 2006

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Plenary papers


J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s1-s9
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806055579
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Synchrotron radiation, by virtue of its special beam characteristics, has revived interest in small-angle X-ray scattering for hard condensed matter and materials science. New techniques have been developed and new scientific themes tackled, ranging from metallurgy to nanotechnology.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s10-s17
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807001409
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Advanced methods for the analysis of small-angle scattering data from solutions of biological macromolecules are reviewed.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s18-s22
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807007996
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Synchrotron X-ray diffuse scattering and photon correlation spectroscopy in reflection geometry were used to measure the structure and dynamic properties at the surface, interface and in the interior of supported polymer films.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s23-s27
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807003718
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Methods of contrast variation in X-ray and neutron scattering are reviewed.

Special sessions

Dynamics


J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s28-s33
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806056093
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Neutron spin echo spectroscopy reveals the two main reptation limiting processes: constraint release and contour length fluctuation on a molecular scale. The first direct observations of domain dynamics in biopolymers are presented.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s34-s37
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807009168
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Two-dimensional XPCS allows the dynamics of large wavectors in materials opaque to visible light to be probed. The self-diffusion constant of a colloidal dispersion is probed and compared with available models.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s38-s42
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807003561
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Interferences are observed in coherent X-ray small-angle scattering between a static reference and a fluctuating sample. Heterodyning makes possible the observation of Doppler shifts with sample drift velocities in the nanometres per second range.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s43-s47
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806054707
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Small-angle neutron scattering and dynamic light scattering have been complementarily employed in order to investigate the structure and dynamics of polymer gels. It is demonstrated that complementary use is necessary to explore the dynamics of polymer gels, particularly that of slide-ring gels in which cross-links can slide along the backbone polymer chain.

External fields


J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s48-s51
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806048874
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Flow-induced shish-kebab structure formation in ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE)/low-molecular-weight polyethylene blend melts was investigated by using synchrotron X-rays. The results confirmed that the formation of shish is due to the topological deformation of the UHMWPE entanglement network and the formation of shish can accelerate the kebab nucleation.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s52-s56
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806054823
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A short oversight of experiments where small-angle X-ray scattering was performed on samples which were kept in high magnetic fields is given. The samples are biological macromolecules, liquid crystals and crystalline materials.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s57-s61
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807001410
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A polarized small-angle scattering experiment with a concentrated magnetic fluid is described confirming dipolar chains and domains of hexagonal arrangements.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s62-s67
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806047650
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The decay of inter-particle order in Co-ferrofluid has been investigated for different inducing magnetic fields. Time constants have been calculated for the relaxation.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s68-s72
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807000441
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The magnetic responses of columnar discotic metallomesogens, cobalt octa(n-alkylthio)porphyrazine with different side-chain lengths (CoSx, where x is the peripheral n-alkyl chain length, x = 10, 12, 14), have been investigated by small-angle neutron scattering. The magnetic field strength required for the alignment of the columnar phase increased with the side-chain length x.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s73-s77
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807003445
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As a problem in open non-equilibrium phenomena, small-angle scattering studies of a chemical reaction at specific sites and reaction-induced self-assembly of the system which is induced by mixing two stable solutions of palladium(II) acetate [Pd(OAc)2] in N,N-dimethylformamide and the second-generation polyamidoamine dendrimer in methanol are presented.

Hierarchy/wide-Q range


J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s78-s82
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807006693
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A scanning X-ray imaging technique using the integrated small-angle scattering (SAXS) intensity is presented. The origin of the SAXS contrast is discussed for three biological materials: bone, eggshell and hair.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s83-s87
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806051995
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Synchrotron X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy data are presented for reconstituted protein systems from the bovine central nervous system, which reveal unexpected structures of hierarchical bionanotubes, not predicted by current electrostatic theories.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s88-s92
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807004153
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A simplified tube (hollow cylinder) form factor is developed and utilized to analyze ultra-small-angle X-ray scattering data obtained from multi-walled carbon nanotube/bismaleimide composite samples. The form factor is useful for distinguishing between hollow and solid cylinders as well for detecting the presence of aggregation of one-dimensional colloidal fillers in polymers.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s93-s96
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807001549
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Visualized analysis of SANS from a tert-butyl alcohol–water mixture has revealed that the concentration fluctuation is characterized by polydisperse mass fractals.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s97-s100
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806053507
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Multilevel aggregates with characteristic sizes covering four orders of magnitude, from 1 nm to 10 µm, formed upon cooling decane solutions of poly(ethylene-butene) random copolymers and wax-containing mixed solutions are investigated by combining three small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) techniques (conventional SANS, focusing SANS and ultra-SANS) with microscopy.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s101-s105
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807011727
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The hierarchical structure of an aqueous dispersion of niobate nanosheets was investigated by (ultra-)small-angle scattering methods.

New methods and devices


J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s106-s110
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806052149

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s111-s115
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807005249
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Spin-echo small-angle neutron scattering is used to study the magnetic domain structure of an Ni layer on a Cu substrate. The experiments demonstrate the possibilities of this novel technique.

Parallel sessions

Alloys and ceramics


J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s116-s120
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807001859
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It is shown that natural and synthetic diamonds contain planar and three-dimensional defects, observable by small-angle neutron scattering. These defects appear after annealing and/or deformation of the diamonds.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s121-s125
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807000064
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Small-angle X-ray scattering analyses on {100} LiF platelets following irradiation with swift Pb and U ions have revealed continuous highly depleted electron densities close to the ion trajectories, suggesting local ion-induced decomposition of the crystal followed by release of mobile alteration products.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s126-s131
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807005493
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New magnesium–rare earth alloys, strengthened by a dense fine scale precipitation, have been designed for structural applications up to 523 K. A complementary study using small-angle X-ray scattering is presented here.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s132-s137
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807002609
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The contribution of molecular water aggregates in the small-angle X-ray scattering of quartz crystals was investigated as a function of the azimuth angle around the primary beam. The presence of Kossel lines randomly decorating the anisotropic two-dimensional pattern and the lack of a clear relationship between Porod invariant and OH content revealed that diffuse scattering plays an important role in the scattering of quartz crystal.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s138-s141
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807003524
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Microstructures in Zr–Cu–Al–Ni bulk metallic glasses consisting only of metallic elements have been examined by anomalous small-angle scattering at the Zr K edge. The cluster-like scattering was analysed in terms of composition fluctuation.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s142-s146
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807005110
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The microstructural effect of low-dose neutron irradiation in ferritic/martensitic steels has been investigated by means of small-angle neutron scattering: depending on the initial steel composition different microstructural evolutions are observed during post-irradiation tempering.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s147-s152
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806048382
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ZrO2–2.8 mol% Y2O3 powders synthesized by the gel-combustion route were investigated by small-angle X-ray scattering and other techniques. The nanoporous structures of these materials were characterized as functions of the nature of the organic fuel and of the calcination temperature.

Biological solution scattering


J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s153-s158
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807005936
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SAXS-based ab initio modelling of the capsids of isometric bacteriophages allows the solution structure of the constituent hollow spheres to be reconstructed reliably. For the shape of their free nucleic acid, however, other advanced modelling approaches are to be preferred.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s159-s164
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806045729
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By the complimentary use of small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering techniques, the permeability of water across a raft model membrane containing ganglioside (GD3) and the effect of monovalent cations (Na+ and K+) on the permeability have been investigated. The structures of GD3 micelle and GD3/cholesterol mixtures are also discussed.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s165-s169
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807001835
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Charge interaction and temperature effects on the solution structure of lysozyme are studied by small-angle X-ray scattering.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s170-s174
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807010229
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The solution structure of Ca2+/calmodulin complexed with a lentivirus lytic peptide 1 reveals a novel mode of molecular recognition. The result suggests that this region of the transmembrane glycoprotein is important to viral replication.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s175-s178
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807003354
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The change of the hydration shell of hen egg-white lysozyme during the unfolding–refolding process as a function temperature has been analysed. The decrease of the hydration-shell density starts from a lower temperature than the transition temperature of the collapse of the tertiary structure.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s179-s183
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807002117
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Small-angle X-ray scattering and nuclear magnetic resonance studies were performed to investigate the binding of trifluoperazine to Ca2+-free calmodulin with N- and C-terminal globular domains connected by a linker.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s184-s189
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807009211
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Using small-angle and wide-angle X-ray scattering techniques it has been possible to clarify the helix-to-sheet (cross-β) transition and the stacking process of the cross-β sheet of apomyoglobin as a model for amyloid.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s190-s194
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806055506
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A major upgrade of the X33 beamline at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory which has improved the beamline stability and data quality, shortened the measurement time and ensured user-friendly operation is reported.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s195-s199
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807003597

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s200-s204
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807006838
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The size and shape of aggregates of human recombinant> αA- and αB-crystallins are investigated with small-angle neutron scattering and dynamic light scattering at 310 K and 288 K. The aggregates of αB-crystallin are stable at both temperatures but those of αA-crystallin are deformed at the lower temperature (288 K).

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s205-s208
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807001987
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Using contrast variation by means of isomorphous replacement, the localization of dihalogenated phenols in multilamellar vesicles was determined, and was compared with the results of anomalous small-angle scattering.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s209-s212
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807009247
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The molecular assembly and chain conformation of a glycoprotein mucin are characterized by using small-angle scattering methods.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s213-s216
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807008278
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The chloride-ion concentration dependence of the molecular shape in the acid-denatured state of equine β-lactoglobulin was observed by small-angle X-ray scattering. The results indicated that the compact molten globule is transformed to an expanded conformation with decreasing chloride-ion concentration. Interestingly, this change accompanied the increase in the helix content as measured by circular dichroic spectra.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s217-s222
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807005821
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Solution X-ray and neutron scattering methods are briefly reviewed in view of their appeal and recent progress in data-analysis procedures. Specific examples are discussed highlighting the potential of the techniques and their future developments and applications to structural investigations in the post-genomics era.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s223-s228
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807002853
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New features of the small-angle scattering data analysis package ATSAS 2.1 that allow automated data processing and web-based access are described.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s229-s234
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807001707
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It is shown that bead reconstruction algorithms can be used to obtain low-resolution three-dimensional density maps for nucleic acids from SAXS data. In addition, it is shown that the reconstructed bead models can be used to define the molecular geometry in Poisson–Boltzmann calculations to accurately determine the excess number of ions bound under different solution conditions.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s235-s239
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807005791
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We present a method to separate the protein–detergent complex scattering signal from that of `empty' detergent micelles in small-angle X-ray scattering data of protein–detergent mixtures. The approach relies on singular value decomposition and fitting to data collected at different protein–detergent stoichiometries.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s240-s244
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807006218
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Microstructural characterization of 1,2-dilauroyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidyl-adenosine micellar solutions upon cyclohexane addition by SANS experiments with internal contrast variation.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s245-s249
doi: 10.1107/S002188980700252X
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A systematic evaluation of the accuracy of molecular mass determination of proteins using small-angle X-ray scattering.

Colloids, surfactants and liquids


J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s250-s253
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807009016
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The short-time diffusion of a magnetic charge-stabilized colloidal suspension in the absence of an external applied magnetic field has been investigated by means of X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s254-s258
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807009600
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This work reports the synthesis and the characterization by small-angle scattering of polarized neutrons of ferrofluids consisting of ferrite nanoparticles coated by dodecanoic acid and dispersed in cyclohexane.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s259-s263
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807018882
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The gaps among the stacks of multilamellar vesicles used for the synthesis of nanoparticles are shown and characterized by ASAXS and freeze-fracture methods.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s264-s268
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807017888
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The small-angle X-ray scattering from dual-surfactant aqueous solutions made from sodium lauryl ether sulfate and coconut fatty acid amido propyl betaine was systematically measured as a function of the net sodium cation concentration and the surfactant concentration. The low-q behaviour of the form factor was consistent with long rigid cylinders while the middle- and high-q profiles fitted well with a core–shell cylinder model.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s269-s273
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807009181
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Mixed colloidal dispersions of clay platelets and magnetic nanoparticles were investigated using small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering. The main contribution to the scattering is due to the magnetic nanoparticles. The scattering intensities are proportional to the concentration of magnetic particles, thus from the scattering point of view the sample is a colloidal dispersion of non-interacting magnetic objects, although the laponite and magnetic particles clearly interact when the sample textures are observed in an optical microscope. The phase separation may be characterized as a liquid–gas transition.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s274-s278
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807008151
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The structure and oligomerization of sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate water-in-oil microemulsion under the presence of monovalent and divalent salts in the water pool are dominated not only by the electrostatic effect between polar headgroups but also by the hydration effect by salts.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s279-s282
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807011958
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Examination of the relative intensity of the X-ray 220 reflection with respect to the 211 reference peak as a function of the alkoxy chain length of the title compounds enables the internal structure of the thermotropic Ia3d cubic phase to be clarified.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s283-s285
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807017852
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The dynamics of Au nanoparticles suspended in mixtures of water and glycerol are investigated by X-ray fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. The contrast of the measured time-correlation functions scales as expected with the Au particle concentration. The time constants for translational diffusion and sedimentation in water/glycerol show only qualitative agreement with the expected values.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s286-s291
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807008552
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Small-angle X-ray scattering is used to investigate the meso-structure of dry-pressed samples of nano-layered platelet-shaped clay particles, as water is absorbed into individual particles. The orientational order of the assembly is nematic. Orientation distributions are monitored and show a moderate decrease of this order with water uptake.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s292-s296
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807010825
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Precise characterization of the phase diagram for suspensions of sodium fluorohectorite colloids in saline solutions is achieved from small-angle X-ray scattering measurements. Radial intensity profiles are also addressed.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s297-s302
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806055191
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Structural models are developed for the metastable phases of saturated/unsaturated triacylglycerols appearing at the very beginning of crystallization from the melt based on experimental time-resolved SAXS/WAXS studies of isothermal crystallization in various fats.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s303-s306
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807010345
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The addition of colloidal particles between lamellar membrane slits induced a repulsive interlamellar interaction which showed a unique interlamellar distance dependence.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s307-s311
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807001483
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Aqueous solutions of 1,2-pentanediol, 1,5-pentanediol, 1,2-hexanediol and 1,6-hexanediol have been studied by small-angle neutron scattering, and the results analysed with the help of the Kirkwood–Buff formalism. The 1,2-hexanediol solutions exhibit the strongest attractive diol–diol interaction and the excess coordination numbers are in agreement with the possibility of forming micelles.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s312-s317
doi: 10.1107/S002188980700859X
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Sphingomyelin is one of the major sphingolipid components of many animal plasma membranes. SAXS and XRD studies revealed that N-lignocerol (C24:0) sphingomyelin bilayers have a ripple phase and an additional low-temperature stable phase.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s318-s320
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807008138
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Small-angle X-ray scattering measurements of water droplets in a mist were carried out using the BL15XU beamline at SPring-8.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s321-s326
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807006723
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An analytical model for the structure factor, based on an effective interaction potential made of an attractive Yukawa term plus a repulsive Yukawa term, has been applied to charged proteins and copolymer micellar solutions.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s327-s331
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807005201
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Using time-resolved small-angle neutron scattering it is possible to extract the equilibrium exchange kinetics of polymeric micelles. This paper provides insight into the effect of topological constraints on the expulsion time by comparing results from A-B diblock and A-B-A triblock copolymer micelles.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s332-s334
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807013568
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The time evolution of the small-angle scattering of the lamellar phase of a nonionic surfactant C16H33(OC2H4)7OH (C16E7) in D2O at a constant shear rate (0.3–30 s−1) is measured. The results indicate a discontinuous decrease in the repeat distance and so suggest some sort of transition.

Fibre diffraction


J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s335-s340
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807005523
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The depth-profiled ultrastructure of the collagen fibrillar matrix in the swollen human eye-bank cornea was studied by microbeam small-angle X-ray scattering at a spatial resolution of 25 µm to provide information about collagen fibril diameter, spacing and orientation.

Grazing-incidence small-angle scattering


J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s341-s345
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806048369
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Large-scale structures in polymer-blend films are probed by grazing-incidence ultra-small-angle X-ray scattering. By using flow the structural complexity is increased and sub-microbeam grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering allows the local structure to be probed.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s346-s349
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807007716
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A gradient in a colloidal thin film prepared from solution is investigated using microbeam grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering. A cross-over and oscillation between a complete layer and depleted regions are detected.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s350-s354
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806043755
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The morphology of nanocavities and {113} defects formed by implantation of neon and helium ions in Si(001) is investigated by means of grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering experiments.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s355-s360
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807001331
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Self-assembled films of hydrophobin HFBIII from the fungus Trichoderma reesei were studied at an air/water interface and on a solid substrate using grazing-incidence X-ray diffraction and reflectivity.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s361-s362
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806056184
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Poly[(n-nonyl-2-oxazoline)-b-(methyl-2-oxazoline)] diblock copolymers in aqueous solution form micelles of core-shell type. The core block is stretched, whereas the shell block is coiled.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s363-s366
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806053180
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The nano-structure of porous ultra-low-k dielectrics, grown using four different processes, is studied by grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering. It is shown that the pore morphology can be either well defined percolated isotropic pores or anisotropic density fluctuations.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s367-s372
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807008199
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The structural transition of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) multibilayers with the insertion of amyloid peptide 1–40 was studied by grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering at different bilayer hydration levels. With the insertion of the amyloid peptide, the ripple phase of the membrane bilayers was suppressed at high humidity and the whole film can be swollen more uniformly at lower incubation time than the pure DPPC film supported on a silicon wafer.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s373-s376
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807002075
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The nanostructure of thin silicon films composed of amorphous and crystalline phases was analysed by Raman spectroscopy and grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering. By Raman spectroscopy the crystalline fraction and the average individual crystal sizes were estimated while grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering detected nano sized `objects', presumably voids that are non-spherical in shape, non-uniformly distributed across the depth of the samples.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s377-s382
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807004682
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Nanocrystalline nickel thin films have been prepared by magnetron sputtering, and have been studied by X-ray diffraction, grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering and atomic force microscopy. Results are given for nanocrystalline Ni (average grain size, unit-cell parameter), intercrystalline matter (size and shape of inhomogeneities) and surface topography of the prepared samples.

Industrial applications


J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s383-s387
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807008023
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Structural changes in magnesium hydride with and without metal oxide catalysts are characterized using small- and ultra-small-angle neutron scattering, small-angle X-ray scattering, X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy in order to analyse the relation between structure and hydrogen sorption kinetics.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s388-s392
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807000088
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Small-angle X-ray scattering by nanochannels in track-etched membranes provide global information about the geometry of the nanochannels prepared with a systematic variation of UV irradiation, heavy-ions fluence and membrane material (amorphous polycarbonates).

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s393-s396
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807005080
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The residual orientation in micro-injection molded polyethylene parts was examined using small-angle neutron scattering, and small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering. The primary cause of residual orientation was found to be oriented crystal growth rather than chain orientation resulting from the injection molding process.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s397-s401
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807011697
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Two-dimensional ultra-small-angle X-ray scattering apparatus at SPring-8 has been characterized and applied to stretched rubber filled with spherical silica particles.

Instrumentation and methods


J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s402-s407
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806046309
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Analysis of the performance of a pinhole small-angle X-ray scattering instrument at 15-ID-D at the Advanced Photon Source and the development of a reliable method for iron K-edge anomalous small-angle scattering are described.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s408-s413
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807003822
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A focusing-geometry small-angle neutron scattering (FSANS) instrument with a magnetic neutron lens based on an extended Halbach-type sextupole magnet has been constructed and tested. A minimum value of the measurable q range, q_{\rm min}, of 6.5 \times 10^{-4} Å−1 could be achieved by the FSANS instrument using a neutron wavelength \lambda = 6.6 Å with \Delta \lambda/\lambda = 0.13 for the full width at half maximum.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s414-s417
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807006280
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A conventional pinhole-type small-angle neutron scattering spectrometer (SANS-J) was successfully reconstructed to be a focusing and polarized neutron small-angle scattering (SANS-J-II) instrument, with a wide q-region from ultra-small-angle scattering of 10−4 Å−1 to high-q of 2.0 Å−1.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s418-s422
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807001306
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Anomalous small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering and X-ray absorption spectroscopy are used to extract structural information on monometallic Pt and bimetallic Pt–Ru nanoparticles.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s423-s427
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807001100
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The general parametrization of a small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering experiment and a program package for quantitative data reduction are presented.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s428-s432
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807006310
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The optimization by Monte Carlo simulation of the components of the new small-angle scattering instrument SANS-1 at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Forschungsneutronenquelle (FRM II) is described.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s433-s438
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807009314
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A description is given of a new interactive data-treatment program which was mostly developed to analyse two-dimensional small-angle data files. The treatment process is described through specific menus. Several examples show the most useful characteristics of this software.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s439-s441
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806045250
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A CMOS flatpanel detector from Hamamatsu Photonics was tested for SAXS/WAXS experiments at SPring-8.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s442-s446
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806050217
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A Monte Carlo simulation was performed to optimize the newly developed small-angle neutron scattering instrument at the HANARO research reactor. The optimum design of the instrument was obtained based on simulation results.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s447-s452
doi: 10.1107/S002188980700605X
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An inter-laboratory comparison of the 36 m small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) spectrometer at BATAN with those of other prominent SANS spectrometers is reported.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s453-s458
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807009624
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Beamline 4-2 at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory is a small-angle X-ray scattering/diffraction facility dedicated to structural studies on mostly noncrystalline biological systems. This article outlines recent technological developments and specialized instrumentation for structural biology research at improved time and spatial resolutions.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s459-s462
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806045833
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A low background Bonse–Hart camera for small-angle X-ray scattering is presented. The performance of the instrument is demonstrated by two representative applications in soft matter.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s463-s465
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806050813
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The latest developments on instrumentation improvements at the V12 double-crystal and imaging instrument at the Hahn–Meitner Institut are presented. Ways to combine instruments are described and examples of scientific applications from different fields are presented.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s466-s470
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806045444
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A new instrument for microbeam small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering and X-ray fluorescence is available at the microfocus beamline at BESSY II. The instrument is optimized for microbeam scanning experiments of hierarchically structured materials.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s471-s473
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806055257
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A description is given of a new compact very-small-angle neutron scattering spectrometer featuring a double-supermirror monochromator, multibeam collimation and a high-resolution two-dimensional position-sensitive detector.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s474-s479
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807014392
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By using a focusing lens, a pinhole small-angle neutron spectrometer was reconstructed into a focusing ultra-small-angle scattering spectrometer (SANS-J-II).

Magnetic materials and superconductors


J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s480-s484
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807005390
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Anomalous grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering was used to verify that FePt nanoparticles remain intact under an Au overlayer during annealing at 1073 K.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s485-s488
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806047807
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The interpretation of complicated small-angle diffraction patterns from multiple flux-line lattice domains in the mixed state of a type-II superconductor is discussed, with particular reference to flux lattice phases in niobium.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s489-s494
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806055804
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Anomalous small-angle X-ray scattering was used to characterize the size distribution of nickel nanoparticles that were synthesized in a microcrystalline cellulose matrix.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s495-s500
doi: 10.1107/S002188980700091X
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Transmission electron microscopy, magnetic measurements and small-angle neutron scattering are compared as methods for determining the particle-size distribution of magnetic nanoparticles.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s501-s505
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807001653
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The magnetic properties of 6H-type BaFeO3−δ were studied using small-angle neutron scattering, positive-muon spin relaxation and magnetization measurements.

Noncrystalline materials


J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s506-s511
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807001616
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The internal structure of core–shell particles has been studied by small-angle X-ray scattering using the method of contrast variation. The indirect Fourier transform yielded distance distribution functions that were compared with three models of increasing sophistication: simple core–shell, core shell with spherical disks and core–shell with stochastic electron density variations.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s512-s516
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807000507
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Three examples of the use of small-angle X-ray scattering in the determination of density fluctuations on the nanometre scale in silica glasses are given: the influence of thermal history and OH content; the determination of static compressibility; and temperature scanning small-angle X-ray scattering as an alternative to temperature scanning calorimetry.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s517-s521
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807004992
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Two spatial regimes of structural heterogeneity have been identified in amorphous ice structures by small-angle neutron scattering experiments. These are a transient contrast change on a nanometre scale being equally reflected by changes in diffraction data, and a Porod-limit scattering on a micrometre scale demonstrating the presence of interfaces in the amorphous samples.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s522-s526
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806055968
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Sorption and capillary condensation in mesoporous silica were studied by in situ small-angle X-ray diffraction using synchrotron radiation. Analysis of the diffraction peaks reveals deformations of the pore lattice due to capillary condensation and evaporation, respectively.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s527-s531
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806055658
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Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) experiments were performed on mixtures of 3-methylpyridine, D2O, and salts to investigate concentration fluctuations and structures in the vicinity of the critical point. The results can be interpreted in terms of a strong coupling of the critical fluctuation and the solvation effect of salt ions.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s532-s536
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807005559
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Polarized small-angle neutron scattering is used for the characterization of the structure and magnetic properties of two-dimensional spatially ordered systems of ferromagnetic nickel nanowires. These systems are promising for high-density data storage devices.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s537-s539
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807000751
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Small-angle X-ray scattering measurements for expanded fluid Se were carried out up to the semiconductor–metal transition region. A broad peak in the small-angle X-ray scattering profiles appears, suggesting a correlation length of 50 Å.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s540-s543
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807004426
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Small-angle X-ray scattering was used to characterize the size and aggregation behavior of the Pt nanoparticles synthesized in the polyol process and the unusual poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) reduction.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s544-s548
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807002713
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A preliminary result of reverse Monte Carlo analysis of small-angle X-ray scattering data for expanded fluid Hg with the help of wide-angle X-ray diffraction data in the same thermodynamic state is presented. To see the large density fluctuation associated with liquid–vapor critical phenomena, a three-dimensional configuration of 100000 Hg atoms is modeled.

Polymers


J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s549-s552
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807011740
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In situ silica filled soft nanocomposite was prepared by the sol–gel reaction of tetraethoxysilane in peroxide-crosslinked isoprene rubber. The morphological change of the in situ silica particles during the uniaxial stretching and retracting processes was investigated by SAXS.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s553-s557
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807006255
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Local conformations of poly(sodium L-glutamate) in NaCl and NaF aqueous solutions are analyzed with small-angle X-ray scattering, circular dichroism and nuclear magnetic resonance techniques.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s558-s563
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807011259
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Lateral surface free energies σ of isotactic polybutene-1 trigonal and tetragonal crystals grown in the melt have been determined from small-angle X-ray scattering experiments, differential scanning calorimetry and in situ observation of crystal growth kinetics. The σ value of the trigonal crystals is about seven times as large as the value theoretically estimated, while σ for the tetragonal crystals is roughly in agreement with the estimation.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s564-s567
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806054598
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Time-resolved synchrotron X-ray scattering was used to study the plastic zone formation and fracture processes at different strain rates in poly(vinylidene fluoride). This gives new insight into the micro-mechanisms of cavitation, lamellae separation and fibril formation.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s568-s572
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807009673
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Phosphazene (PZN) catalyst, a mixture of PZN and a co-catalyst 1-hydroxycyclohexyl phenyl ketone (Irgacure 184; IRG), and polymethylmethacrylate prepared by catalytic living anionic polymerization using the PZN catalyst and IRG have been observed for the first time by small-angle neutron scattering and UV–visible spectroscopy to elucidate the aggregation behavior of the PZN molecules and the state of living chain ends in a living polymer solution.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s573-s576
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806048229
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A value of 76 kJ mol−1 as the work of fold for the title polymer was obtained via Gibbs–Thomson analysis. This value significantly exceeds those of typical polymers, reflecting the backbone rigidity while being consistent with the large-loop folds proposed for this particular polymer of conjugated backbone.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s577-s580
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806052939

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s581-s584
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807018055
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Structural formation and effective interaction in a charged dendrimer solution are investigated by parallel stochastic molecular dynamics simulations.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s585-s589
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807013453
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Phase transitions and nanometre-scale ordered structures of a binary system of a liquid-crystalline amphiphilic diblock copolymer containing polyethylene oxide and lithium trifluoromethanesulfonate were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry and small-angle X-ray scattering.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s590-s593
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806056081
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The growth processes of silicate (aluminosilicate) particles starting from clear homogeneous solutions of silicate monomers/oligomers or colloidal solutions of silica nanoparticles were investigated by small-angle X-ray scattering.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s594-s598
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807000878
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The primary and secondary crystallization behaviors of microbially synthesized poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) were studied in detail by time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering with a synchrotron-radiation source.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s599-s604
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807003512
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Reactive extrusion of PET with branching and chain-extension agents results in enhanced rheological properties. Small-angle X-ray scattering was used to establish the crystallization kinetics and the molecular architecture following a step shear in the melt. Linear PET exhibited isotropic crystallization that was slower with increasing molecular weight, while long-chain-branched PET showed the opposite trend.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s605-s608
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806056007
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The parameters of lamellar stacks in copolymers were determined from matching of the theoretical and experimental scattering curves and compared with the parameters derived from the correlation function. Determined crystallinity values were compared with the results obtained from the wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) method.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s609-s613
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806053374
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Two dynamical regimes in time scales are predicted: Zimm and Rouse-like motion. The principal mechanism for the hydrodynamic screening is a dynamic phenomenon.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s614-s619
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806054124
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A series of low dielectric constant, nanoporous SiOCH dielectric thin films with nanometre-scale thicknesses were prepared by plasma chemical vapor deposition of bistrimethylsilylmethane precursor and oxygen gas, and characterized in detail by grazing-incidence X-ray scattering and specular X-ray reflectivity analyses with synchrotron radiation sources, along with spectroscopic ellipsometry analysis.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s620-s625
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806052289
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The structure and properties of two novel polynorbornene derivatives, chiral poly(norbornene acid methyl ester) and racemic poly(norbornene acid n-butyl ester) in supported thin films were investigated in detail by synchrotron grazing incidence X-ray scattering, specular reflectivity and ellipsometry.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s626-s630
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806047509
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Low dielectric constant thin films containing closed nanopores were prepared by thermal processing of blend films of a thermally curable organosilicate precursor and a thermally labile reactive six-arm porogen in various compositions, and their structure and properties were characterized in detail by synchrotron X-ray reflectivity along with thermogravimetry and transmission electron microscopy.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s631-s636
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806055865
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The miscibility of a six-armed star porogen in a crosslinkable organosilicate dielectric precursor and the mechanism of pore generation in the organosilicate thin films by sacrificial thermal degradation of the porogen were quantitatively investigated by using in situ grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering and thermogravimetry.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s637-s641
doi: 10.1107/S002188980700461X
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The polymorphic crystallization and melting behavior of poly(trimethylene 2,6-naphthalate) have been investigated using small-angle X-ray scattering and simultaneous wide-angle X-ray scattering and differential scanning calorimetry.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s642-s644
doi: 10.1107/S002188980700578X
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The annealing effect on lamellar stacking structure of polyethylene thin films prepared on silicon wafers has been investigated in terms of molecular- and meso -scale regularity by in-situ synchrotron grazing-incidence small-angle and wide-angle X-ray scattering measurements.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s645-s649
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807004062
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We investigated the time evolution of polymerization-induced molecular self-assembly, appearing in a reaction solution of living radical polymerization of poly(methyl methacrylate)-block-polystyrene by employing in situ and time-resolved ultra small-angle neutron scattering and time-resolved gel permeation chromatography methods.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s650-s655
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807011570
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The first-order long period, the second-order long period and lamellar crystal thickness lc of isotactic polybutene-1 have been investigated for crystallization in the melt over a wide range (313.2–363.2 K) of crystallization temperatures by small-angle X-ray scattering experiments and density measurements. The crystal thickness lc demonstrates two linear dependences on inverse supercooling and a transition from one dependence to the other has been observed around 338.2 K, where lc becomes comparable with the radius of gyration Rg of the samples.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s656-s661
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807008497
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The structural change during uniaxial stretching was investigated by use of time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering for dynamically asymmetric polymer blends irradiated by an electron beam. A dominant mode at the early stage of the stretch-induced enhancement of concentration fluctuations exists, similar to early stage spinodal decomposition for fluid mixtures.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s662-s665
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807002981
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The changes in concentration fluctuations of polymer–liquid crystal binary mixtures with temperature were investigated by small-angle X-ray scattering in their one-phase region and in the isotropic state of the liquid crystal. The concentration fluctuations consist of two modes: an OZD mode expressed by the Ornstein–Zernike–Debye equation with a correlation length ξ and a DB mode expressed by the Debye–Buche equation with a correlation length l.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s666-s668
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806054409
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Small-angle meridional reflections and near-equatorial diffuse scattering from intramuscular shad/herring bone were analyzed based on two-dimensional fitting schemes that take preferred orientation effects into account.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s669-s674
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806056056
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A grazing-incidence X-ray scattering (GIXS) formula is derived for molecularly stacked layer structures in substrate-supported nanoscale thin films. Using this formula, the GIXS data obtained for S-docosanylcysteine thin films supported with silicon substrates are analyzed quantitatively, providing information on the structural parameters and orientation of the films.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s675-s679
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806054999
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The discrepancy in the χ interaction parameters of deuterated polycarbonate/isotactic poly(methyl methacrylate) blends as determined by melting point depression and small-angle scattering is reconciled by relaxing Flory's assumption of complete rejection of solvent from the crystal phase. The phase diagram of crystalline polymer blends, involving liquid–liquid phase separation and solid–liquid phase transitions, has been established.

Surfaces and interfaces


J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s680-s683
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807002452
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The effect of adding divalent ions on the deoxyribonucleic acid adsorption by a cationic lipid monolayer at the air–water interface was investigated by X-ray reflectivity.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s684-s686
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806056457
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Thin polymer film metallization using supercritical carbon dioxide as a solvent has been characterized by means of X-ray reflectivity and peel test.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s687-s690
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806051375
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A thermal radiation method is proposed as a new technique for measuring interfacial or surface fluctuations. The principle is explained and an example of an experiment using the method is given.

Theory and modelling


J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s691-s695
doi: 10.1107/S0021889806055130
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The small-angle scattering (SAS) structure functions of a random two-phase particle arrangement, constructed from the separated parts of a tessellation (puzzle particles), are analyzed. The SAS intensity depends on the shape of the puzzle pieces and on the thickness of the intermediate layer between them. Based on the chord length distribution densities of the interlayer and of the `puzzle particles', the approach allows the analytical description of a wide spectrum of random particle shapes. The `dead leaves' and the Poisson plane mosaic are considered in more detail.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s696-s700
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807009387
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We report small-angle X-ray scattering analysis of maghemite polymer nanocomposites containing spherical particles uniformly distributed in the polymer matrix. Scattering intensity curves show features characteristic of multiscale structured systems. Based on the Beaucage approach, we conclude that the nanoparticle size increases with the iron loading used in the preparation of the nanocomposite.

J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, s701-s705
doi: 10.1107/S0021889807012447
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Formulae describing multiple small-angle scattering of polarized neutrons by ferromagnetic inhomogeneities are derived. The results show an anomalous distribution of scattered neutrons due to the simultaneous effect of multiple scattering and the spin dependence of the single-scattering cross section.
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