Ellipsometry of Functional Organic Surfaces and Films

1. Ellipsometry: A Survey of Concept
Christoph Cobet

Part I. Biomolecules at Surfaces

2. Adsorption of Proteins at Solid Surfaces
Hans Arwin

3. DNA Structures on Silicon and Diamond
Simona D. Pop, Karsten Hinrichs, Sylvia Wenmackers, Christoph Cobet, Norbert Esser, Dietrich R. T. Zahn

Part II. Smart Polymer Surfaces and Films

4. Glass Transition of Polymers with Different Architectures in the Confinement of Nanoscopic Films
Michael Erber, Martin Tress, Klaus-Jochen Eichhorn

5. Polymer Brushes, Hydrogels, Polyelectrolyte Multilayers: Stimuli-Responsivity and Control of Protein Adsorption
Eva Bittrich, Petra Uhlmann, Klaus-Jochen Eichhorn, Karsten Hinrichs, Dennis Aulich, Andreas Furchner

Part III. Nanostructured Surfaces and Organic/Inorganic Hybrids

6. Systems of Nanoparticles with SAMs and Polymers
Thomas W. H. Oates

7. 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

8. Polarizing Natural Nanostructures
Kenneth Järrendahl, Hans Arwin

Part IV. Thin Films of Organic Semiconductors for OPV, OLEDs and OTFT

9. Polymer Blends and Composites
Stergios Logothetidis

10. Small Organic Molecules
Ovidiu D. Gordan, Dietrich R. T. Zahn

Part V. Developments in Ellipsometric Real-Time/In-situ Monitoring Techniques

11. 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

12. TIRE and SPR-Enhanced SE for Adsorption Processes
Hans Arwin

13. In-line Quality Control of Organic Thin Film Fabrication on Rigid and Flexible Substrates
Agiris Laskarakis, Stergios Logothetidis

14. Application of In-situ IR-Ellipsometry in Electrochemistry to Study Ultra-Thin Films
Jörg Rappich, Karsten Hinrichs, Guoguang Sun, Xin Zhang

Part VI. Infrared Spectroscopic Methods for Characterization of Thin Organic Films

15. Characterization of Thin Organic Films with Surface-Sensitive FTIR Spectroscopy
Katy Roodenko, Damien Aureau, Florent Yang, Peter Thissen, Jörg Rappich

16. Brilliant Infrared Light Sources for Micro-Ellipsometric Studies of Organic Thin Films
Michael Gensch

Part VII. Optical Constants

17. Common Polymers and Proteins
Andreas Furchner, Dennis Aulich

18. Organic Materials for Optoelectronic Applications
Andreas Furchner, Dennis Aulich

Keywords: Physics, Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films, Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films, Physical Chemistry, Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials