REAL-TIME SELF-ASSEMBLY OF NANAOPARTICLES
The dynamic self-assembling process was studied in situ by Small-Angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The movie reveals typical time evolution of the SAXS patterns, following the droplet being deposited on the substrate. The elliptical diffraction ring in the early stages of evaporation shows the self-assembly of nanoparticles at the air-liquid interface; thus defying the common notion that self-assembly occurs at the liquid-substrate interface.
Ref: Phys. Rev. Lett. 93(13), 135503 (2004)WAVEGUIDE ENHANCED GISAXS
2-D GISAXS from a polymer/ metal nanocomposite thin film measured with resonance enhancement (shown by the top image and top E-field plot) and without it (shown by the bottom image and bottom E-field plot). Ref. Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 145504 (2005).
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
