Table 2.

Comparison of scattering techniques [54–59].

	WAXS	SAXS	USAXS	SANS	USANS
length scales (nm)	0.1–1	1–100	20–3000	2–200	500–2000
sample volume	0.1–500 µL			50–3500 µL
radiation sources	lab and large facility			large facility only
typical large facility acquisition time	seconds			minutes
solvent	deuteration not required for contrast			deuteration often required for contrast
artifacts	beam damage			isotope effects
advantages	time-resolved analysis, high-throughput			contrast matching, magnetic scattering