Grazing incidence and grazing exit X-ray fluorescence: principles, techniques, and applications for thin film and nanostructure analysis
Open Access
- 1 October 2025
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
- Vol. 40 (12) , 3368-3393
Abstract
The grazing incidence – and grazing exit X-ray fluorescence techniques and their theoretical background are described with examples and a review of recent developments and applications is provided in this review.Keywords
Funding Information
- European Partnership on Metrology (21GRD01 (OpMetBat))
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (Hi-Acts BATIXS)
- Chips Joint Undertaking (14ACMOS (grant agreement number 101096772))
- Helmholtz Association
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
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