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Practical XRD with Confidence #4. SAXS and WAXS Explained: Probing Structure Beyond Bragg Peaks

Do your diffraction peaks pile up at low angles or become difficult to interpret in a standard 1D XRD pattern? If you suspect texture or long-period structure is being missed, this session shows how SAXS and WAXS reveal information that conventional scans cannot.

This session introduces small-angle and wide-angle X-ray scattering as complementary techniques to conventional diffraction. You will learn what structural information SAXS and WAXS provide, how experiments are set up, and how to interpret scattering data across different length scales. Practical examples from polymers, nanomaterials, and thin films show when scattering methods are the right tool.

 You will learn:

  • The difference between SAXS, WAXS, and conventional XRD

  • What types of structure appear at different length scales

  • When to use one-dimensional versus two-dimensional scattering

  • How GI-SAXS and GI-WAXS are applied to thin films and surfaces

Presenter: Keisuke Saito
Rigaku
Director of Application Science
Rigaku
Sales Manager

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