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Experimental X-ray studies of liquid surfaces

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Experimental X-ray studies of liquid surfaces
Author:	Shpyrko, Oleg Grigorievich.
Description:	210 p.
Notes:	Adviser: Peter S. Pershan.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-01, Section: B, page: 0265.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International65-01B.
Subject:	Physics, Condensed Matter.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3118005
ISBN:	0496654292

Experimental X-ray studies of liquid surfaces
Shpyrko, Oleg Grigorievich.

Experimental X-ray studies of liquid surfaces [electronic resource] - 210 p.

Adviser: Peter S. Pershan.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Harvard University, 2004.

A large part of this thesis is devoted to surface-induced atomic or molecular layering phenomenon in liquids. While the atomic structure of metallic and dielectric liquids is similar in the bulk, the microscopic atomic structure at the liquid-vapor interface of dielectric liquids is believed to be fundamentally different from that of a metal: metallic liquids exhibit an oscillatory density profile extending over a few atomic lengths into the bulk, as opposed to a more simple monotonic density profile that is thought to be characteristic of dielectric liquids formed from atoms or small molecules. Unfortunately, this oscillatory density profile is partially obscured by the surface roughness generated by thermally excited capillary waves. As a result, extraction of the microscopic form of this local density profile requires the special experimental and theoretical methods that are the subject of this thesis. It will be shown that the layering is present in all metallic liquids studied so far. Although there have been x-ray reflectivity studies of other liquids, the only measurement to probe the surface structure for a non-metallic liquid made of small molecules is the one reported here on the surface of water. In view of the fact that the surface tension for liquid K is not very different from that of water these measurements demonstrate hat the appearance of layering in metals is not simply a consequence of higher surface tension. In addition to studies of pure liquids, part of this thesis is devoted to surface of binary metallic alloys. The phenomena we investigated include Gibbs adsorption and the tetra-point wetting transition.

ISBN: 0496654292Subjects--Topical Terms:

226939
Physics, Condensed Matter.

Experimental X-ray studies of liquid surfaces
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