Thin Films: Preparation, Characterization, Applications

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Highly Ordered Adsorbate Structures on Cu(111) in the Potential Regime of Hydrogen Evolution-An In-Situ STM Study....Pages 1-16
Electrochemical Epitaxial Growth, Structure, and Electrocatalytic Properties of Noble Metal Thin Films on Au(111) and Au(100)....Pages 17-35
Electrochemical Properties of Pd/Pt(111) Adlayers....Pages 37-52
Temperature-Dependence of the Under-Potential Deposition of Ag on Pt(111) in H 2 SO 4 ....Pages 53-67
Functionalization of Underpotentially Deposited Metal Layers with Organics, Metals, and Ions....Pages 69-81
Morphology in Electrochemical Atomic Layer Epitaxy....Pages 83-93
Overview on the Ultrathin Films Formation of II-VI Compound Semiconductors on Silver by Electrochemical Atomic Layer Epitaxy....Pages 95-112
Electrodeposition of Nanostructured Mesoporous Selenium Films....Pages 113-120
Experimental and Theoretical Studies on Branched Electrodeposits in Thin-Layer Cells....Pages 121-135
Self-Assembled Magnetic Nanoparticle Arrays by Anodization and Electrodeposition....Pages 137-156
Solution Chemical Routes to Two-Dimensional Bismuth Tellurides for Thermoelectric Applications....Pages 157-169
Growth Kinetics of Multi-Layer CuEtX Films on Copper Piezoelectrodes....Pages 171-184
The Interfacial Chemistry of Grignard Reagent Formation: Reactions of Clean Mg(0001) Surfaces....Pages 185-196
Ultrathin Film Electrodeposition of Conjugated Polymers on Conducting Surfaces....Pages 197-213
Self-Assembled Monolayers as Models for Polymeric Interfaces....Pages 215-230
Structure and Electronic Properties of Self-Assembled Macrocycle and Polymer Multilayers....Pages 231-243
Chemically-Attached Organic Monolayers on Silica Nanoparticles as an NMR Relaxation Medium for Embedded Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons....Pages 245-251
Preparation of Thin-Film Alumina for Catalytic Activity Studies....Pages 253-264
EQCN Study of Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Methanol at Nanostructured Catalysts....Pages 265-275
Solid State 13 C MAS NMR Investigations of Amorphous Carbon Thin Films....Pages 277-289
Comparison of Contact Angle Measurements Using Various Probe Liquids on Incomplete OTS SAMS....Pages 291-300
Valence Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Non-Volatile Organometallic Molecules....Pages 301-307
Humidity Effect on the Stability of an Octadecyltriethoxysilane Monolayer Self-Assembled on Mica....Pages 309-317
Chemical Vapor Deposition of Silanes on Plain and Microfabricated Silicon Surfaces....Pages 319-325
Characterization of Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Thin Films on Silicon for Implantable Microdevices....Pages 327-336
AFM Imaging of Liquid Structures: From Droplet Profiles to Molecular Interactions....Pages 337-347
Microcantilever Sensing of Particles in Liquid Streams: Thin-Film Coating Impacts Sensor Performance....Pages 349-359
Back Matter....Pages 361-367