Abstract
Surface properties of materials play an important role in a number of applications of technologically relevant materials. In the framework of the interest to the soft matter nanostructured systems it emerges the relevance of the task by surface and interfaces, providing the effectiveness of adhesion, presence of molecular organization at nanoscale and surface active sites. In this chapter the information gained about surface study of functional and nanostructured materials have been reviewed as concerning two main investigation methodologies: NEXAFS (Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure) and XPS (X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy). A rather extensive, even if not exhaustive, description of the fundamental basis of the two selected spectroscopies has been illustrated, developing all concepts from an elementary level. Special attention, concerning the investigation methods, has been dedicated to the use of synchrotron plants as sources of radiation with all the peculiarity deriving from this. Several selected, state-of-the-art, significant investigations have been taken as major examples and the achievable information have been discussed, ranging from simple to complex molecular systems.
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Polzonetti, G., Battocchio, C. (2010). Functional and Nanostructured Materials Investigated by XPS and NEXAFS Spectroscopies. In: Russo, M.V. (eds) Advances in Macromolecules. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3192-1_4
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