X-ray intensity fluctuation spectroscopy by heterodyne detection

J Synchrotron Radiat. 2006 Nov;13(Pt 6):453-8. doi: 10.1107/S0909049506030044. Epub 2006 Oct 18.

Abstract

A straightforward way of measuring X-ray intensity fluctuation spectroscopy in a small-angle X-ray scattering configuration is demonstrated using heterodyne techniques. Two examples are presented: the Brownian motion of latex spheres in glycerol, and a Doppler velocity experiment demonstrating the motion and the relaxation of carbon-black-filled elastomers after uniaxial stretching. In the latter case the effects of mechanical relaxation can be separated from those of aggregate diffusion. The results suggest that the dynamics of these filled elastomers are similar to the universal features observed in disordered jammed systems.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Materials Testing / methods*
  • Models, Chemical*
  • Models, Molecular*
  • Scattering, Small Angle
  • Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission / methods*
  • X-Ray Diffraction / methods*