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Correlation Function Perspective
Description
This perspective performs a correlation function analysis of one-dimensional SANS data, or generates a model-independent volume fraction profile from a one-dimensional SANS pattern of an adsorbed layer.
The correlation function analysis is performed in 3 stages:
- Extrapolation of the scattering curve to Q = 0 and Q = ∞
- Fourier Transform of the extrapolated data to give the correlation function
- Interpretation of the 1D correlation function based on an ideal lamellar morphology
Extrapolation
To Q = 0
The data are extrapolated to Q = 0 by fitting a Guinier model to the data points in the lower Q range. The equation used is:
The Guinier model assumes that the small angle scattering arises from particles and that parameter B is related to the radius of gyration of those particles. This has dubious applicability to polymer systems. However, the correlation function is affected by the Guinier back-extrapolation to the greatest extent at large values of R and so the back-extrapolation only has a small effect on the analysis.
To Q = ∞
The data are extrapolated to Q = ∞ by fitting a Porod model to the data points in the upper Q range.
The equation used is:
Where B is the Bonart thermal background, K is the Porod constant, and σ describes the electron (or neutron scattering length) density profile at the interface between crystalline and amorphous regions (see figure 1).
Smoothing
The extrapolated data set consists of the Guinier back-extrapolation up to the highest Q value of the lower Q range, the original scattering data up to the highest value in the upper Q range, and the Porod tail-fit beyond this. The joins between the original data and the Guinier/Porod fits are smoothed using the algorithm below, to avoid the formation of ripples in the transformd data.
Functions f(xi) and g(xi) where xi ∈ {x1, x2, ..., xn} , are smoothed over the range [a, b] to produce y(xi) , by the following equations:
where: