Introduction to SAXS - J Lopez - MRL - 071620

SAXS is a versatile and powerful technique that is often overlooked technique in the materials research community. The purpose of this talk is provide a general introduction to SAXS and its basic analysis. SAXS is an analytical technique used to determine the average size and shape of various particle systems. SAXS is extremely versatile as it can be used to analyze solids, liquids, and gases (captured systems). It is a non-destructive technique and requires little sample preparation. It has applications in a number of different fields such as biological materials, polymers and nanocomposites, just name a few. Variants on SAXS (WAXS, GI-SAXS) will also be covered.