Crystal growth rate in ultrathin films of poly(ethylene oxide)

Growth of ultrathin cobalt oxide films on Pt(111)

Synthesis and Preparation of Oxide Ultrathin Films

There is a steadily growing interest in the research on oxide surfaces and films, due to their challenging fundamental properties and to their actual and potential applications in catalytic systems, chemical sensors, electronic and magnetic devices, and functional and aesthetic coatings. Special efforts have been directed at the study of ultrathin oxide films [1–11]. Such two-dimensional system...

Annealing of Ultrathin Polyethylene Films from Aqueous Dispersions

Introduction Thin and ultrathin crystalline polymer films are of fundamental scientific and practical interest, e.g. in terms of their mechanical properties or of crystallization in a confined environment. A common route to ultrathin crystalline polymer films is spin-coating from solution, often at high temperature, which involves formation of crystalline structures during solvent evaporation. ...

Ultrathin, ordered oxide films on metal surfaces.

Metal oxides and oxide thin films are extensively used as active catalysts and catalytic supports, as well as in many other important technical applications. Unlike TiO(2), which is a semiconductor and can be investigated using a variety of surface science techniques, most metal oxides are insulators, which seriously restricts their use as model surfaces with modern surface science techniques. ...

Growth and interdiffusion of ultrathin films

The growth and interdiffusion of Ti and Ni on a Mo( 110) surface have been studied by Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), low energy electron diffraction (LEED) and temperature programmed desorption spectroscopy (TPD). Ti grows layer-by-layer upon deposition on MO{ 110) at 115 K, whereas annealing multifaye~ of Ti to 900 K causes formation of Ti three-dimensional clusters. Submonolayer Ti on Mo(...