The addition of nanoparticles (NPs) to a polymer matrix, forming a polymer nanocomposite
(PNC), is known to alter the microscopic dynamic processes of both species which leads to …

Small-angle scattering (SAS) of x-rays and neutrons is a fundamental tool in the study of
biological macromolecules. The major advantage of the method lies in its ability to provide …

Selected aspects of recent progress in the study of supercooled liquids and glasses are
presented in this review. As an introduction for nonspecialists, several basic features of the …

Dynamic light scattering (DLS) techniques for studying sizes and shapes of nanoparticles in
liquids are reviewed. In photon correlation spectroscopy (PCS), the time fluctuations in the …

The properties of soft-matter thin films (eg liquid films, polymer coatings, Langmuir-Blodgett
multilayers) nowadays play an important role in materials science. They are also very …

Water exists in high-and low-density amorphous ice forms (HDA and LDA), which could
correspond to the glassy states of high-(HDL) and low-density liquid (LDL) in the metastable …

The field of microrheology is concerned with how materials store and dissipate mechanical
energy as a function of length scale. Recent developments in the theory and instrumentation …

X-ray sources are developing rapidly and their coherent output is growing correspondingly.
The increased coherent flux from modern X-ray sources is being matched with an …

1. Introduction 1482. Basics of X-ray and neutron scattering 1492.1 Elastic scattering of
electromagnetic radiation by a single electron 1492.2 Scattering by assemblies of electrons …

In recent years, polymer nanocomposites produced by combining nanofillers and a
polymeric matrix are emerging as interesting materials. Polymeric composites have a wide …