X-ray optics for liquid surface/interface spectrometers

Abstract

A new X-ray optics which enables precise structural investigations of liquid surfaces/interfaces is introduced. The new device is based on the use of high-energy microbeams and gives access to large momentum transfer values perpendicular to the liquid surface/interface. The performance of a prototype of this new optics, which has been constructed and implemented at the high-energy diffraction beamline ID15A at the European Synchrotron Radiation Source, is demonstrated. © 2006 International Union of Crystallography Printed in Great Britain - all rights reserved.