Foundations of Scattering

3 Units

Introduction to the fundamentals of using scattering techniques to characterize the structure and dynamics of soft matter and its interfaces, with an emphasis on X-ray and neutron techniques. Topics covered include a mechanistic description of scattering processes, diffraction, small-angle scattering, reflectometry, and quasi-elastic scattering applied to polymers, proteins, gels/networks, nanoparticles, and other soft materials. Offered as EMAC 353 and EMAC 453 . Prereq: EMAC 351 and EMAC 352 .