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Grazing-Incidence X-ray fluorescence (GIXRF) analysis, which is closely related to total-reflection XRF, is a very powerful technique for the in-depth analysis of many types of technologically relevant samples, e.g. nanoparticle…
Energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) is a widely used non-destructive technique for micro and trace multi-element analysis of materials. Conventional trials show that using laboratory assisted EDXRF measurements, one can obtain…
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Intentionally deposited thin films exposed to atmosphere often develop unintentionally deposited few monolayer films of surface contamination. This contamination arises from the diverse population of volatile organics and inorganics in the…
The ever-expanding observational sample of X-ray binaries (XRBs) makes them excellent laboratories for constraining binary evolution theory. Such constraints can be obtained by studying the effects of various physical assumptions on…
We have developed an improved method of time-resolved x-ray reflectivity (XRR) using monochromatic synchrotron radiation. Our method utilizes a polycapillary x-ray optic to create a range of incident angles and an area detector to collect…
The rapid development of X-ray micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) opens new opportunities for 3D analysis of particle and grain-size characterisation, determination of particle densities and shape factors, estimation of mineral…
Most material discrimination in security inspections is based on dual-energy x-ray imaging, which enables the determination of a material's effective atomic number (Zeff) as well as electron density and its consequent classification as…
A systematic experimental and theoretical study about substrate induced molecular conformation in rubrene thin films by varying film thickness from sub-monolayer to multilayer, which currently attracts substantial attention with regard to…
THz time domain spectroscopy is a powerful technique enabling the investigation of different materials in the far-infrared frequency range. Even if nowadays this technique is well established, its application to very thin films remains…
Thin film interferometry is a powerful technique for non-invasively measuring liquid film thickness with applications in ophthalmology, but its clinical translation is hindered by the challenges in reconstructing thickness profiles from…