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Block Copolymer Micelles
This review summarizes recent advances to date in the area of block copolymer micelles and also tries to highlight some new directions in that...
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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....
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Computer-Aided Conformation-Dependent Design of Copolymer Sequences
A survey is given of the simulation methods as applied to the design of nontrivial sequences in synthetic copolymers aimed at achieving desired...
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After-Action of the Ideas of I.M. Lifshitz in Polymer and Biopolymer Physics
We review the development of ideas in polymer physics initially formulated by I.M. Lifshitz. We start with general issues in polymer statistics,...
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Role of Physical Factors in the Process of Obtaining Copolymers
A brief introduction into the principles of the statistical description of the chemical structure of linear heteropolymers is given....
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Nucleation and Crystallization in Diblock and Triblock Copolymers
Crystallization of block copolymer microdomains can have a tremendous influence on the morphology, properties and applications of these materials....
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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...
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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...
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Dynamical Theory of Parametric X-ray Radiation
Previous chapters demonstrate a close analogue between the theory of parametric X-ray radiation (PXR) in thin crystals and the kinematic theory of...
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Cu-Mg-Si (Copper - Magnesium - Silicon)
This document is part of Subvolume A4 'Light Metal Systems. Part 4: Selected Systems from Al-Si-Ti to Ni-Si-Ti' of Volume 11 'Ternary Alloy Systems -...
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Basics of Plasma Physics
Basic properties of plasmas are introduced, which are valid for an extremely wide range of plasma parameters. Plasmas are classified by different...
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Strongly Coupled Plasmas
We give a brief introduction into the basic many-particle effectes in strongly coupled plasmas and their theoretical treatment. Exemplary results are...
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Aid of Scaling Laws in the Achievement of a Well-Controlled Film Deposition Process
Scaling laws are profitably applied in all the scientific disciplines. Approximated solutions constitute a valuable aid for the analysis of complex...
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Vibrational Spectroscopy in Ion–Irradiated Carbon–Based Thin Films
In this work we present and discuss some selected experiments on ion–irradiated carbon–based thin films. Vibrational spectroscopy is used to...
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Laser Ablation-Deposited CN x Thin Films
Amorphous CN x thin films were deposited at room temperature by pulsed laser ablation of graphite targets in a...
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Elastic and Structural Properties of Carbon Materials Investigated by Brillouin Light Scattering
Brillouin light scattering (BS) is a nondestructive technique exploited to investigate collective excitations in solids: acoustic phonons, spin...
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Pulsed Laser Deposition of Carbon Films: Tailoring Structure and Properties
Pulsed laser deposition (PLD) is a versatile technique to synthesize films of a given material with strongly different properties. In this chapter we...
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Growth and Room Temperature Spin Polarization of Half-metallic Epitaxial CrO2 and Fe3O4 Thin Films
Potential applications of systems based on half-metallic ferromagnets (HMFs) in magneto- and spinelectronics including spin injectors, magnetic field...
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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...
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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...