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Spinodal Crystallization of Polymers: Crystallization from the Unstable Melt
This paper reviews the authors' investigation into polymer crystallization, especially involving a spinodal decomposition (SD) type phase... -
Surface-Grafted Polymer Gradients: Formation, Characterization, and Applications
This review presents to-date progress in the formation of surface-tethered polymer assemblies with gradually varying physico-chemical properties.... -
Molecular Dynamics Modeling of the Crystal-Melt Interfaces and the Growth of Chain Folded Lamellae
The molecular mechanism of polymer crystallization is one of the most difficult problems and has defied innumerable efforts to understand the... -
Topological Mechanism of Polymer Nucleation and Growth – The Role of Chain Sliding Diffusion and Entanglement
Direct evidence of nucleation during the induction period of nucleation from the melt is obtained for the first time by means of small angle X-ray... -
Modeling Polymer Crystallization
We summarize the salient conclusions derived from Langevin dynamics simulations of many flexible polymer molecules undergoing crystallization from... -
Polymer Brushes by Anionic and Cationic Surface-Initiated Polymerization (SIP)
The formation of homopolymer and block copolymer brushes grafted from flat and nanoparticle surfaces via surface-initiated anionic and cationic... -
Surface Rearrangement of Diblock Copolymer Brushes—Stimuli Responsive Films
This article reviews results from our group of the synthesis and characterization of diblock copolymer brushes. Results from the literature are... -
Electrical Characterization of Rare Earth Oxides Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition
In this contribution, we investigate the electrical properties of thin (3–30 nm) Lu2O3 and Yb2O3 oxides grown on silicon by atomic layer depostion.... -
Rare Earth Oxides Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy for Ultimate Scaling
Combination of lanthanum and other rare earth oxides with HfO2 yields stable compounds which withstand transistor processing and have low gate... -
Atomic Layer Deposition of Rare Earth Oxides
The principles of Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) for thin film growth are briefly introduced, emphasizing the aspects of a self-limiting mechanism.... -
Sesquioxides as Host Materialsfor Rare-Earth-Doped Bulk Lasersand Active Waveguides
This Chapter focuses on the optical applications of rare-earth oxides. Due to their thermo-mechanical properties, the sesquioxides of yttrium,... -
3.4.2 Adsorption of C, N, and O on metal surfaces
This document is part of Part 4 'Adsorbate Species on Surfaces and Adsorbate-Induced Surface Core Level Shifts' of Subvolume A 'Adsorbate Layers on... -
3.7.1 CO and N2 adsorption on metal surfaces - CO adsorption
This document is part of Part 4 'Adsorbate Species on Surfaces and Adsorbate-Induced Surface Core Level Shifts' of Subvolume A 'Adsorbate Layers on... -
3.7.1 CO and N2 adsorption on metal surfaces - Tables
This document is part of Part 4 'Adsorbate Species on Surfaces and Adsorbate-Induced Surface Core Level Shifts' of Subvolume A 'Adsorbate Layers on... -
Local Structure, Composition and Electronic Properties of Rare Earth Oxide Thin Films Studied Using Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy Techniques (TEM-EELS)
This contribution aims to demonstrate the ability of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and its associated techniques, high-resolution... -
Electronic Structure of Rare Earth Oxides
The electronic structures of dioxides, REO2, and sesquioxides, RE2O3, of the rare earths, RE=Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy and Ho, are... -
Requirements of Precursors for MOCVDand ALD of Rare Earth Oxides
This Chapter gives an account of the coordination chemistry of precursors for MOCVD and ALD of rare earth oxides. It opens with a brief introduction... -
Molecular Imagingof Microstructured Polymer Surfaces
Within last decade both IR and Raman spectroscopy gained the potential of imaging the chemical heterogeneity of material surfaces. IR... -
Polyferrocenylsilane Block Copolymers: Nanotubes and Nanowires through Self-Assembly
Polyferrocenyldimethylsilane (PFS) diblock copolymers with polyisoprene (PFS-PI) or with polydimethylsiloxane (PFS-PDMS) self-assemble in simple... -
Adsorption of Poly(vinyl formamide-co-vinyl amine) (PVFA-co-PVAm) onto Metal Surfaces
The formation of stable metal/polymer joints is an enormous challenge in material sciences. Good adhesion requires an interphase which is able to...