Interfacial Properties on the Submicrometer Scale: No.781 (ACS Symposium Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0841236917 ISBN 13: 9780841236912

Publisher: American Chemical Society, 2001

Synopsis

This book deals with the increasingly 'diminishing' interfaces that are resulting as device dimensions scale down. Chapter topics include nanomechanical properties and stuctures of thin films in contrast to their bulk counterparts, from both experimental and theoretical perspectives; viscoelasticity, micro-roughness, and friction, particularly in polymers; advances in instrumentation such as scanning probes, X-ray scattering, sum frequency generation spectroscopy and nanorheometers; the origin of film properties via tailored molecular modification of film components; molecular dynamics simulations and modelling of interfaces.

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Review

"This book features the proceedings from the American Chemical Society Symposium held in New Orleans, USA, in August 1999, and is particularly timely since many device technologies in microelectronics and biotechnology, such as the 'lab on chip' concept, require fundamental understanding of the properties of solids and fluids at interfaces as product dimensions move towards the nanoscale. . .The 'introductory' section (by the editors) gives an overview of the field by discussing interfacial constraints from geometrical and structural perspectives. . .This book is a good first step on the way to understanding the physics and chemistry of materials properties at the mesoscale, and recommended for library purchase in institutions with research groups working in this area."--Materials World

Edition details

• Publisher: American Chemical Society
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0841236917
• ISBN 13: 9780841236912
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 236
• Editor: Frommer Jane E., Overney Rene M.