A high-resolution light-scattering method for studying the fine-scale structure of polymers

Abstract

The paper analyses, from a practical point of view, the light-scattering method used to investigate the structure of polymers (or any other material). The problem of speckle noise is presented and its elimination discussed. Also, the method for obtaining a high resolution in determinations - that is, of increasing the amount of relevant information by sacrificing information which is less relevant - is put forward. A few examples illustrate the approach.