Functional Polymer Films: 2 Volume Set

• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 1079
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Very thin film materials have emerged as a highly interesting and useful quasi 2D-state functionality. They have given rise to numerous applications ranging from protective and smart coatings to electronics, sensors and display technology as well as serving biological, analytical and medical purposes. The tailoring of polymer film properties and functions has become a major research field.
As opposed to the traditional treatise on polymer and resin-based coatings, this one-stop reference is the first to give readers a comprehensive view of the latest macromolecular and supramolecular film-based nanotechnology. Bringing together all the important facets and state-of-the-art research, the two well-structured volumes cover film assembly and depostion, functionality and patterning, and analysis and characterization. The result is an in-depth understanding of the phenomena, ordering, scale effects, fabrication, and analysis of polymer ultrathin films.
This book will be a valuable addition for Materials Scientists, Polymer Chemists, Surface Scientists, Bioengineers, Coatings Specialists, Chemical Engineers, and Scientists working in this important research field and industry.Content:
Chapter 1 A Perspective and Introduction to Organic and Polymer Ultrathin Films: Deposition, Nanostructuring, Biological Function, and Surface Analytical Methods (pages 1–10): Prof. Dr. Rigoberto C. Advincula and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Knoll
Chapter 2 Multifunctional Layer?by?Layer Architectures for Biological Applications (pages 11–71): Rita J. El?khouri, Rafael Szamocki, Yulia Sergeeva, Olivier Felix and Gero Decher
Chapter 3 The Layer?by?Layer Assemblies of Polyelectrolytes and Nanomaterials as Films and Particle Coatings (pages 73–112): Mi?Kyoung Park and Prof. Dr. Rigoberto C. Advincula
Chapter 4 Langmuir–Blodgett–Kuhn Multilayer Assemblies: Past, Present, and Future of the LB Technology (pages 113–149): Debora T. Balogh, Marystela Ferreira and Osvaldo N. Oliveira
Chapter 5 Self?Assembled Monolayers: the Development of Functional Nanoscale Films (pages 151–217): Andrew C. Jamison, Pawilai Chinwangso and T. Randall Lee
Chapter 6 Polyelectrolyte Brushes: Twenty Years After (pages 219–237): Patrick Guenoun
Chapter 7 Preparation of Polymer Brushes Using “Grafting?From” Techniques (pages 239–263): Zhiyi Bao, Ying Zheng, Gregory L. Baker and Merlin L. Bruening
Chapter 8 Ultrathin Functional Polymer Films Using Plasma?Assisted Deposition (pages 265–286): Renate Forch
Chapter 9 Preparation of Polymer Thin Films by Physical Vapor Deposition (pages 287–318): Hiroaki Usui
Chapter 10 Electro?Optical Applications of Conjugated Polymer Thin Films (pages 319–377): Nicholas Marshall, S. Kyle Sontag and Jason Locklin
Chapter 11 Ultrathin Films of Conjugated Polymer Networks: A Precursor Polymer Approach Toward Electro?Optical Devices, Sensors, and Nanopatterning (pages 379–399): Prof. Dr. Rigoberto C. Advincula
Chapter 12 Nanopatterning and Functionality of Block?Copolymer Thin Films (pages 401–474): Soojin Park and Thomas P. Russell
Chapter 13 Patterning by Photolithography (pages 475–499): Anuja De Silva and Christopher K. Ober
Chapter 14 Nanopatterning of Polymer Brush Thin Films by Electron?Beam Lithography and Scanning Probe Lithography (pages 501–518): Tao Chen, Jianming Zhang, Andres Garcia, Robert Ducker and Stefan Zauscher
Chapter 15 Direct Patterning for Active Polymers (pages 519–569): Eunkyoung Kim, Jungmok You, Yuna Kim and Jeonghun Kim
Chapter 16 Nanopatterning of Photosensitive Polymer Films (pages 571–589): Zouheir Sekkat, Hidekazu Ishitobi, Mamoru Tanabe, Tsunemi Hiramatsu and Satoshi Kawata
Chapter 17 Dynamics and Thermomechanics of Polymer Films (pages 591–627): Benoit Loppinet and George Fytas
Chapter 18 Investigations of Soft Organic Films with Ellipsometry (pages 629–647): Diethelm Johannsmann
Chapter 19 Swelling Behavior of Thin Hydrogel Coatings (pages 649–667): Ryan Toomey, Ajay Vidyasagar and Ophir Ortiz
Chapter 20 Scattering Techniques for Thin Polymer Films (pages 669–694): Gila E. Stein
Chapter 21 Nanostructured Optical Waveguides for Thin?Film Characterization (pages 695–721): Hatice Duran, K. H. Aaron Lau, Petra J. Cameron, Antonis Gitsas, Martin Steinhart and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Knoll
Chapter 22 Electrochemical Surface Plasmon Resonance Methods for Polymer Thin Films (pages 723–744): Akira Baba, Futao Kaneko, Prof. Dr. Rigoberto Advincula and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Knoll
Chapter 23 Characterization of Molecularly Thin Polymer Layers with the Surface Forces Apparatus (SFA) (pages 745–769): Marina Ruths
Chapter 24 Biomimetic Thin Films as a QCM?D Sensor Platform to Detect Macromolecular Interactions (pages 771–790): Nam?Joon Cho and Curtis W. Frank
Chapter 25 Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) (pages 791–807): Renate L. C. Naumann
Chapter 26 Characterization of Responsive Polymer Brushes at Solid/Liquid Interfaces by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (pages 809–830): Omar Azzaroni and Claudio Gervasi
Chapter 27 X?Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Ultrathin Organic Films (pages 831–853): Xingyu Gao and Andrew T.S. Wee
Chapter 28 Self?Assembled Multifunctional Polymers for Biointerfaces (pages 855–905): Geraldine Coullerez, Ganna Gorodyska, Erik Reimhult, Marcus Textor and H. Michelle Grandin
Chapter 29 Fabrication, Properties, and Biomedical Applications of Nanosheets (pages 907–931): Toshinori Fujie, Yosuke Okamura and Shinji Takeoka
Chapter 30 Hybrid Multilayer Films Containing Nano?Objects (pages 933–960): Yeongseon Jang, Bongjun Yeom and Kookheon Char
Chapter 31 Light?Directed Smart Responses in Azobenzene?Containing Liquid?Crystalline Polymer Thin Films (pages 961–982): Takahiro Seki
Chapter 32 Thin?Film Applications of Electroactive Polymers (pages 983–1015): Jennifer A. Irvin and Katie Winkel
Chapter 33 Hybrid Nanomaterials in Ultrathin Films: the Sol?Gel Method and ??Conjugated Polymers (pages 1017–1049): Antonio Francesco Frau and Prof. Dr. Rigoberto C. Advincula