We have studied the glass transition temperature (T(g)) and molecular mobility of polystyrene (PS) thin films near the interface between the polymer thin film and substrate with bilayer thin films consisting of surface hydrogenated PS (h-PS) and bottom deuterated PS (d-PS) using neutron reflectivity. With decreasing the thickness of the bottom d-PS layer, T(g) near the interface between the pol...

It is widely appreciated that an attractive polymer-substrate interaction can slow relaxation in thin supported polymer films and polymer nanocomposites. Recent measurements and simulations on nancomposites have indicated that this slowing of polymer dynamics occurs more strongly near a highly attractive particle surface where a "bound" layer having a much lower mobility can form, strongly infl...

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Films and nanosheets of layered chalcogenides are currently under intense investigation owing to their application in thin film electronic, optoelectronic, and sensor devices. Here, aqueous solution processing of the environmentally benign thiostannate, (NH4)4Sn2S6·3H2O, and its subsequent thermal decomposition to form continuous highly textured SnS2 thin films are presented. We show how to con...

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Thin-film mirrors are attractive for large apertures, lightweight optical systems and microwave antennas operating in micro-gravity environments. The surface shape of these deployable thin film structures requires control to a precision range that depends on the specific applications. For optical systems, such surfaces need to be deployed and refined in the range of sub-microns. Electroactive p...

In this study, we report a 4-fold improvement in fluorescence detection sensitivity as a result of integration of a thin-film mirror onto an Ormocomp-based electrophoresis separation chip. We report fabrication and performance characterization of planar thin-film Al mirrors embedded under the polymer microchannels. Furthermore, we present preliminary work on fabrication of concave thin-film mir...

A high flux thin-film nanocomposite membrane epoxy/ zeolite NaA nanocomposite films prepared by using ultrasonic mixing and spin coating. The synthesized nanocomposites film was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermal gravity analysis (TGA), and FTIR spectroscopy. Water softener and water flux characteristics of the epoxy/ zeolite NaA nanocomposite ...

We report ordering of polymer drops that takes place when a thin polystyrene film confined by polydimethylsiloxane walls dewets on a silicon substrate. When annealed above the glass transition temperature, the thin polymer film dewets, resulting in the formation of a regular structure inside and outside the confinement. It is found that the ordering becomes strongly suppressed as the film thick...

Excimer laser textured thin film silicon and poly 2-methoxy-52 -ethylhexyloxy -1,4-phenylenevinylene bilayer solar cells are fabricated and characterized with air mass 1.5 simulated solar irradiation. The polymer layer increases the light harvesting capability of the cell and increases the shunt resistance while increasing open circuit voltage. The highest efficiency of 0.87% for the thin film ...