Small Angle X ray Scattering (SAXS) Instrument Performance and Validation Using Silver Nanoparticles

Abstract

Small-angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) is a powerful technique for characterizing the morphology of certain materials but requires that great care be given to data collection, data correction, and instrumental effects on the data. In this report, the performance of the US Army Research Laboratory's new SAXS instrument is compared to the predicted performance and tested using samples of silver nanoparticles provided by an outside laboratory. The effect of beam-stop shadowing is discussed, and corrections for this effect are applied to the data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1022675

Entities

People

  • Frederick L Beyer

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aspect Ratio
  • Detectors
  • Diffraction
  • Electron Microscopes
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Films
  • Materials
  • Metallic Nanoparticles
  • Military Research
  • Nanoparticles
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Radiation
  • Scattering
  • Two Dimensional
  • X Ray Scattering
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology