An access to buried interfaces: the X-ray reflectivity set-up of BL9 at DELTA

J Synchrotron Radiat. 2008 Nov;15(Pt 6):600-5. doi: 10.1107/S0909049508026745. Epub 2008 Oct 3.

Abstract

An X-ray reflectivity set-up to study buried interfaces at beamline BL9 of the electron storage ring DELTA is presented. The structure of solid-gas and solid-liquid interfaces can be investigated using X-rays with incident energies of about 27 keV. A detailed description of the set-up is given and its performance is demonstrated by a discussion of selected applications, i.e. protein adsorption at the solid-liquid interface and gas adsorption at the solid-gas interface at elevated pressures.

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Protein Binding
  • Proteins / chemistry*
  • Proteins / ultrastructure*
  • Refractometry / instrumentation
  • Refractometry / methods
  • Specimen Handling / instrumentation*
  • Specimen Handling / methods*
  • Surface Properties
  • X-Ray Diffraction / instrumentation*
  • X-Ray Diffraction / methods*

Substances

  • Proteins