Order in Thin Organic Films

ISBN-13: 9780521394840 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 212 str.

R. H. Tredgold

Opis

This book describes the various methods currently used to deposit highly ordered organic films, and the physical techniques employed in characterizing their properties. Beginning with a discussion of the necessary basic physics and chemistry, the book proceeds to a description of the main topics of current research in this field. The author discusses in detail the Langmuir-Blodgett technique, self-assembly, and methods of film deposition exploiting the ordered structure of mesophases. Finally, he treats liquid crystals, films at the air/water interface and biomembranes.

Recenzje

'This is a good book, which should find wide readership across this interdisciplinary area of science … It will be particularly welcomed by graduate students and research workers with an interest in the chemistry and physics of organic thin films.' Advanced Materials

Spis treści

1. Introductory material; 2. Definition and measurement of order; 3. Films at the air/water interface; 4. Langmuir–Blodgett films; 5. More complex structures formed by the Langmuir–Blodgett technique; 6. Self assembly; 7. Liquid crystals; 8. Biomolecules.