Ellipsometry of Functional Organic Surfaces and Films

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvi
 Ellipsometry: A Survey of Concept  (Christoph Cobet)....Pages 1-27
Front Matter ....Pages 29-29
 Adsorption of Proteins at Solid Surfaces  (Hans Arwin)....Pages 31-48
 DNA Structures on Silicon and Diamond  (Simona D. Pop, Karsten Hinrichs, Sylvia Wenmackers, Christoph Cobet, Norbert Esser, Dietrich R. T. Zahn)....Pages 49-62
 Thickness and Beyond. Exploiting Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and Atomic Force Nanolithography for the Investigation of Ultrathin Interfaces of Biologic Interest  (Pietro Parisse, Ilaria Solano, Michele Magnozzi, Francesco Bisio, Loredana Casalis, Ornella Cavalleri et al.)....Pages 63-93
Front Matter ....Pages 95-95
 Glass Transition of Polymers with Different Architectures in the Confinement of Nanoscopic Films  (Michael Erber, Martin Tress, Eva Bittrich, Lars Bittrich, Klaus-Jochen Eichhorn)....Pages 97-114
 Polymer Brushes, Hydrogels, Polyelectrolyte Multilayers: Stimuli-Responsivity and Control of Protein Adsorption  (Eva Bittrich, Andreas Furchner, Meike Koenig, Dennis Aulich, Petra Uhlmann, Karsten Hinrichs et al.)....Pages 115-143
 Structure and Interactions of Polymer Thin Films from Infrared Ellipsometry  (Andreas Furchner)....Pages 145-171
 In Situ Spectroscopic Ellipsometry in the Field of Industrial Membranes  (Wojciech Ogieglo)....Pages 173-195
Front Matter ....Pages 197-197
 Systems of Nanoparticles with SAMs and Polymers  (Thomas W. H. Oates)....Pages 199-223
 Detection of Organic Attachment onto Highly Ordered Three-Dimensional Nanostructure Thin Films by Generalized Ellipsometry and Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation Techniques  (Keith B. Rodenhausen, Daniel Schmidt, Charles Rice, Tino Hofmann, Eva Schubert, Mathias Schubert)....Pages 225-245
 Polarizing Natural Nanostructures  (Kenneth Järrendahl, Hans Arwin)....Pages 247-268
Front Matter ....Pages 269-269
 Polymer Blends and Composites  (Stergios Logothetidis)....Pages 271-294
 Small Organic Molecules  (Ovidiu D. Gordan, Dietrich R. T. Zahn)....Pages 295-317
 Optical Dielectric Properties of Thin Films Formed by Organic Dye Aggregates  (Katy Roodenko, Peter Thissen)....Pages 319-333
 Conjugated Polymers: Relationship Between Morphology and Optical Properties  (Maria Isabel Alonso, Mariano Campoy-Quiles)....Pages 335-353
 Polarons in Conjugated Polymers  (Christoph Cobet, Jacek Gasiorowski, Dominik Farka, Philipp Stadler)....Pages 355-387
Front Matter ....Pages 389-389
 Coupling Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and Quartz Crystal Microbalance to Study Organic Films at the Solid–Liquid Interface  (Ralf P. Richter, Keith B. Rodenhausen, Nico B. Eisele, Mathias Schubert)....Pages 391-417
 TIRE and SPR-Enhanced SE for Adsorption Processes  (Hans Arwin)....Pages 419-435
 In-Line Quality Control of Organic Thin Film Fabrication on Rigid and Flexible Substrates  (Argiris Laskarakis, Stergios Logothetidis)....Pages 437-458
 Application of In-Situ IR-Ellipsometry in Silicon Electrochemistry to Study Ultrathin Films  (Jörg Rappich, Karsten Hinrichs, Guoguang Sun, Xin Zhang)....Pages 459-479
Front Matter ....Pages 481-481
 Characterization of Thin Organic Films with Surface-Sensitive FTIR Spectroscopy  (Katy Roodenko, Damien Aureau, Florent Yang, Peter Thissen, Jörg Rappich)....Pages 483-503
 Brilliant Infrared Light Sources for Micro-ellipsometric Studies of Organic Thin Films  (Michael Gensch)....Pages 505-518
Front Matter ....Pages 519-519
 Common Polymers and Proteins  (Andreas Furchner, Dennis Aulich)....Pages 521-527
 Organic Materials for Optoelectronic Applications  (Andreas Furchner, Dennis Aulich)....Pages 529-538
Back Matter ....Pages 539-547