LLE Review, Volume 83 119 Introduction X-ray imaging and x-ray spectroscopy are used in laser– plasma-generated physics research to diagnose conditions in the laser targets. Examples of techniques used to image x-ray emission are pinhole cameras, Kirkpatrick–Baez (KB) microscopes, curved crystal optics, and Wölter microscopes.1–3 All spectroscopic diagnostics rely also on spatial resolution to ...

Leterrier’s recent blockbuster, Clash of the Titans (2010), tells the story of the most famous adventures of Perseus, son of Zeus and the mortal Danaë, as he defeats the Gorgon Medusa before rescuing Andromeda, daughter of king Cepheus, from the gigantic sea monster. The basic details of these mythical adventures can be found in ancient sources. Furthermore, the film pays an immediate tribute t...

The 16-mercaptohexadecanoic acid (MHA) film and rat anti-human IgG protein monolayer were fabricated on gold substrates using self-assembled monolayer (SAM) method. The surface properties of the bare gold substrate, the MHA film and the protein monolayer were characterized by contact angle measurements, atomic force microscopy (AFM), grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXRD) method and X-ray ...

Aiming at model systems with close-to-realistic transport properties, we have prepared and studied planar Au/TiO(2) thin-film model catalysts consisting of a thin mesoporous TiO(2) film of 200-400 nm thickness with Au nanoparticles, with a mean particle size of ~2 nm diameter, homogeneously distributed therein. The systems were prepared by spin-coating of a mesoporous TiO(2) film from solutions...

We describe a setup for the x-ray detection of ferromagnetic resonance in the longitudinal geometry using element-specific transmission measurements. Thin magnetic film samples are placed in a static magnetic field collinear with the propagation direction of a polarized soft x-ray beam and driven to ferromagnetic resonance by a continuous wave microwave magnetic field perpendicular to it. The t...

The authors attempted to obtain a quantitative index of X-ray opacity of the maxillary sinus using a digital disposition system. X-ray films of the Waters' view were used for analysis. A cooper wedge was placed on the left side of the subject's face and was simultaneously filmed. The wedge was made of copper plates increased in thickness from 0.2 to 4.0 mm in 20 steps and serving as a calibrati...

zno thin film of 80 nm thickness was deposited by the sol-gel spin coating method on sio2/si substrate and subsequently post-annealed at 500°c with a flow of oxygen for 60 min. crystallographic structure of the sample was characterized by x-ray diffraction (xrd) method while a field emission scanning electron microscope (fesem) was used to investigate the surface physical morphology and chemica...

this study investigated the effect of different concentrations of nanocrystalline cellulose (ncc) on the physical properties of starch-ncc nanocomposites. the nanoparticle distribution in the polymer matrix was investigated using x-ray diffraction. the heat resistance and mechanical properties of the film were measured by differential scanning calorimetry and tensile testing. investigation of n...