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Table of research methods

Main classification
Sub-classification
Examples of keywords
X-ray diffraction Single-crystal diffraction Multiwavelength anomalous dispersion method, X-ray crystallography
Powder diffraction Rietveld analysis, Maximum entropy method, Energy dispersion method
Surface/interface structure diffraction CTR, Small-angle diffraction method, Surface and interface diffraction, In situ X-ray diffraction
Standing wave method Structural analysis of surface-adsorbed atoms, Interfacial structural analysis
Reflectivity method Anomalous dispersion method, Electron density analysis in depth direction
Distortion analysis Microbeam X-ray diffraction
Others Inverse lattice imaging method, Time-resolved diffraction method, Domain size analysis
X-ray scattering Small-angle scattering Small-angle scattering, GISAXA, SAXS/WAXS simultaneous measurement
Medium-angle scattering Amorphous/liquid scattering
Diffuse scattering  
Others Speckle
Magnetic scattering Magnetic scattering Magnetic diffraction, Magnetic resonant scattering
ATS scattering  
Others  
Inelastic scattering Inelastic scattering High-resolution inelastic scattering
Nuclear resonant Nuclear excitation
Compton scattering Compton magnetic scattering Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering, Lifetime free XAFS Soft X-ray spectroscopy
Emission spectroscopy
Others  
X-ray/
soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy
XAFS XANES, DAFS, Mapping
X-ray fluorescence analysis Element/mass analysis, Chemical state analysis, Mapping
Magnetic absorption Magnetic circular dichroism, Mapping
Soft X-ray spectroscopy
Infrared spectroscopy Infrared microscopes, Infrared microspectroscopy, Infrared spectroscopy under low temperature/high pressure/high magnetic field
Others  
Photoelectron spectroscopy Photoelectron spectroscopy Hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Resonant photoelectron spectroscopy, Soft X-ray angle-resolved
photoelectron spectroscopy, Soft X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Real-time photoelectron spectroscopy
Photoelectron emission microscopy (PEEM) XAFS of selected local domain, Photoelectron spectroscopy of local domain, Magnetic state imaging,
Electronic state imaging
Photoelectron diffraction/photoelectron holography 2D photoelectron spectroscopy, Auger electron diffraction, Stereo atomic microscopes
Coincidence spectroscopy Momentum imaging spectroscopy for coincidence counting of electrons/ions, TOF mass analysis,
Coincidence counting of photoelectrons and photoions
Others  
X-ray Imaging X-ray topography White light, Plane waves, Microbeam topography
X-ray CT Micro-CT, Phase CT, Refraction contrast CT
X-ray holography Fourier transform holography, Holography, Microscopes
X-ray microscopy Phase difference microscopes, Spectroscopic microscopy, Scanning microscopes
Others  
X-ray optics Diffraction/scattering/absorption Measurement methods, Basic theory
Resonant scattering Principles of anomalous scattering and diffraction
Phase optics Interferometers, Coherence
Quantum optics Nonlinear optics, Intensity fluctuation
Others  
Extreme environment experiments High temperatures, high pressures, strong magnetic fields Large-volume and high-pressure pressing, Energy dispersion X-ray diffraction, X-ray radiograph
Others  
Others Others