| Abstract | Advances in synchrotron X-ray scattering techniques and X-ray detector technology in recent years are allowing more and more possibilities for in situ, real-time experiments to be conducted. Many of these experiments require the construction of a specialised cell that can survive and/or contain the in situ environment (e.g. solution composition, temperature, gas pressure, etc.). In this chapter, cell design considerations will be discussed and examples given of two in situ cells that have been constructed and used in real-time experiments: nanoparticle synthesis, and electrochemical deposition of thin films. © 2012 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. |
