X-ray techniques have been used for more than a century to study the atomic and electronic
structure in practically any type of material. The advent of correlated electron systems, in …

This article reviews static and dynamic interfacial effects in magnetism, focusing on
interfacially driven magnetic effects and phenomena associated with spin-orbit coupling and …

Instabilities in semiconductor heterostructure growth can be exploited for the self-organized
formation of nanostructures, allowing for carrier confinement in all three spatial dimensions …

Magnetic materials have become controllable on the nanometre scale. Such fine structures
exhibit a wide range of fascinating phenomena, such as lowdimensional magnetism …

In semiconductor heteroepitaxy the growing film frequently undergoes a series of strain relief
mechanisms that may include surface reconstruction, step bunching, faceting, and finally …

Much of our understanding of the atomic-scale magnetic structure and the dynamical
properties of solids and liquids was gained from neutron-scattering studies. Elastic and …

Resonant (elastic) soft x-ray scattering (RSXS) offers a unique element, site and valence
specific probe to study spatial modulations of charge, spin and orbital degrees of freedom in …

Grazing incidence X-ray techniques are now widely used for surface and thin film analysis.
The present article overviews the recent advancement since 1993 of the grazing incidence X …

Resonant magneto-optical properties of Fe are considered across its 2 p core levels.
General equivalence of the classical magneto-optical formalism (dielectric tensor) and the …

Current and anticipated future research frontiers in magnetism and magnetic materials are
discussed from a perspective of soft X-ray synchrotron utilization. Topics covered include …