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  1. 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...
    Keisuke Kaji, Koji Nishida, ... Masayuki Imai in Interphases and Mesophases in Polymer Crystallization III
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  2. 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....
    Rajendra R. Bhat, Michael R. Tomlinson, ... Jan Genzer in Surface-Initiated Polymerization II
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  3. 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...
    Takashi Yamamoto in Interphases and Mesophases in Polymer Crystallization III
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  4. 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...
    Masamichi Hikosaka, Kaori Watanabe, ... Shinichi Yamazaki in Interphases and Mesophases in Polymer Crystallization III
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  5. Modeling Polymer Crystallization

    We summarize the salient conclusions derived from Langevin dynamics simulations of many flexible polymer molecules undergoing crystallization from...
    M. Muthukumar in Interphases and Mesophases in Polymer Crystallization III
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  6. 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...
    Rigoberto Advincula in Surface-Initiated Polymerization I
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  7. 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...
    William J. Brittain, Stephen G. Boyes, ... Mark D. Foster in Surface-Initiated Polymerization II
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  8. Optical Analysis of Monolayers at Surfaces and Interfaces

    Surface as well as interface properties are crucial for tailoring advanced materials, especially if the structure size in one or more dimensions...
    Veit Wagner in Advances in Solid State Physics
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  9. AlGaN/GaN Electrolyte-Gate Field-Effect Transistors as Transducers for Bioelectronic Devices

    AlGaN/GaN electrolyte gate field-effect transistors are assessed as a transducer device for biosensor applications. Their low-frequency noise power...
    Georg Steinhoff, Barbara Baur, ... Martin Eickhoff in Advances in Solid State Physics
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  10. Thermodynamics – Past, Present and Future

    We begin with historical remarks on the basic contributions to thermodynamics and statistics with some bias to scientists working in Berlin as...
    Werner Ebeling in Advances in Solid State Physics
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  11. Dynamical Variational Principles for Strongly Correlated Electron Systems

    The self-energy-functional approach (SFA) is discussed in the context of different variational principles for strongly correlated electron systems....
    Michael Potthoff in Advances in Solid State Physics
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  12. Chemistry and Morphological Properties of Metal Interfaces to Organic Semiconductors

    Metal contacts to organic semiconductors play a decisive role for the performance of organic based devices such as organic light emitting diodes,...
    D.R.T. Zahn, G. Salvan, ... B.A. Paez in Advances in Solid State Physics
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  13. Two-Gap Superconductivity in Magnesium Diboride

    It is by now generally accepted that the recently discovered superconductor MgB2 is a superconductor with two energy gaps. Here we discuss how this...
    Thomas Dahm in Advances in Solid State Physics
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  14. Atomic-Scale Properties of High-k Dielectrics: Ab Initio Study for Pr-Based Materials

    We discuss the atomic and electronic structures and energetics of native point defects and of impurities (Si, Ti, B, moisture) in PrO1.5 and, to some...
    Jarek Da̧browski, Andrzej Fleszar, ... Peter Zaumseil in Advances in Solid State Physics
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  15. Dynamics of Membranes: From Passive to Active Systems

    Fluid lipid membranes, which, together with filamentous proteins like actin, form the basic structural component of cells, have been a central topic...
    H.-G. Döbereiner, B.J. Dubin-Thaler, ... M.P. Sheetz in Advances in Solid State Physics
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  16. 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....
    Sabina Spiga, Claudia Wiemer, ... Marco Fanciulli in Rare Earth Oxide Thin Films
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  17. 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...
    Athanasios Dimoulas in Rare Earth Oxide Thin Films
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  18. 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....
    Jani Päiväsaari, Jaakko Niinistö, ... Lauri Niinistö in Rare Earth Oxide Thin Films
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  19. 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,...
    Sebastian Bär, Hanno Scheife, ... Günter Huber in Rare Earth Oxide Thin Films
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  20. Intrinsic Spin Hall Effect

    A brief review is given on a spin Hall effect, where an external electric field induces a transverse spin current. It has been recognized over 30...
    Shuichi Murakami in Advances in Solid State Physics
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