An optimized protocol for the analysis of time-resolved elastic scattering experiments

Michelle A. Calabrese, Norman J. Wagner, Simon A. Rogers
2016 Soft Matter  
A deconvolution protocol is developed for obtaining material responses from time-resolved small-angle scattering data from light (SALS), X-rays (SAXS), or neutrons (SANS). Previously used methods convolve material responses with information from the procedure used to group data into discrete time intervals, known as binning. We demonstrate that enhanced signal resolution can be obtained by using methods of signal processing to analyze time-resolved scattering data. The method is illustrated for
more » ... a timeresolved rheo-SANS measurement of a complex, structured surfactant solution under oscillatory shear flow. We show how the underlying material response can be clearly decoupled from the binning procedure. This method greatly reduces the experimental acquisition time, by approximately one-third for the aforementioned rheo-SANS experiment.
doi:10.1039/c5sm03039k pmid:26781708 fatcat:r45w2zhil5dpjarviwi55vmk7q