SAXS studies of microemulsion samples, and rubber samples, with XPCS of silica particles

The microstructure of dilute lyotropic phases will be measured by high resolution SAXS. Also, using SAXS to study the effect of polymer blend morphology on cavity formation by varying the type of polymers in a blend and also the blend ratio. We will study the effect of the filler micro-dispersion in polymer blends on the molecular damage mechanisms by varying its type (silica type and structure), silica content, and the polymerfiller coupling agent (organosilanes). Finally XPCS will be used to measure silica colloidal particles 600 and 1500 nm and Ludox.