Characterization of Polymer Surfaces and Thin Films

This volume includes contributions to the 10^th Dresden Polymer Discussion which was held in Meißen near Dresden from April 10 to 13, 2005 organized by the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden and the Institute of Macromolecular and Textile Chemistry of the Technische Universität Dresden. The meeting was focussed on Characterization of Polymer Surfaces and Thin Films.

Comprehensive characterization of surfaces and interfaces is essential to relate surface and thin film properties to micro structure and molecular origin, which is, on the other hand, the key to technological control and improvement of materials.

The contributions in this volume cover a representative spectrum of surface sensitive techniques and their application to polymer surface and thin film characterization as well as recent examples of technologically relevant materials and process development.

Kazarian SG, Andrew Chan KL:
Sampling approaches in Fourier Transform infrared imaging applied to polymers

Salzer R, Zimmerer C, Kitsche M, Steiner G, Braun HG:
Molecular imaging of microstructured polymer surfaces

Busche S, Kasper M, Mutschler T, Leopold N, Gauglitz G:
Interaction behaviour of the ultramicroporous polymer Makrolon® by optical spectroscopic methods

Müller-Buschbaum P:
High-resolution grazing incidence small angle x-ray scattering: Investigation of micrometer sized structured polymer films

Serghei A, Kremer F:
Unexpected preparatice effects on the properties of thin polymer films

Osterhold M:
Characterizing physical properties of coating surfaces – mar resistance and surface structure

Albrecht V, Janke A, Drechsler A, Schubert G, Németh E, Simon F:
Visualization of charge domains on polymer surfaces

Temmel S, Kern W, Luxbacher T:
Zeta potential of photochemically modified polymer surfaces

Friedrich J, Kühn G, Mix R, Hoffmann K, Resch-Genger U:
Tailoring of polymer surfaces with monotype functional groups of variable density using chemical and plasma chemical processes

Synytska A, Ionov L, Dutschk V, Minko S, Eichhorn KJ, Stamm M, Grundke K:
Regular patterned surfaces from core-shell particles. Preparation and characterization

Drechsler A, Petong N, Bellmann C, Busch P, Stamm M, Grundke K, Wunnicke O, Reichelt J:
The effect of adsorbed cationic surfactant on the pattern collapse of photoresist lines in photolithographic processes

Ermakova TB, Sergeeva IP, Anuchkina AD, Sobolev VD, Chuarev NV:
Electrokinetic study of layer-by-layer polyelectrolyte and surfactant adsorbed layers

Schwarz S, Nagel J, Janke A, Jaeger W, Bratskaya S:
Adsorption of polyelectrolytes with hydrophobic parts

Spange S, Wolf S, Simon F:
Adsorption of poly(vinyl formamide-co-vinyl amine) (PVFA-co-PVAm) onto metal surfaces

Elsner N, Dubreuil F, Weinkamer R, Wasicek M, Fischer FD, Fery A:
Mechanical properties of freestanding polyelectrolyte capsules: A quantitative approach based on shell theory

Dedinaite A, Joseph I, Gorochovceva N, Makuska R, Claesson PM:
Interfacial properties of chitosan-PEO graft oligomers: Surface competition with unmodified chitosan oligomers

Walawska A, Rybicki E, Filipowska B:
Physicochemical changes on wool surface after an enzymatic treatment

Roosjen A, Norde W, van der Mei HC, Busscher HJ:
The use of positively charged or low surface free energy coatings versus polymer brushes in controlling biofilm formation

Pareek P, Adler HJP, Kuckling D:
Tuning the swelling behavior of chemisorbed thin PNIPAAm hydrogel layers by N,N-dimethyl acrylamide content

Guérin G, Raez J, Xiao-Song Wang, Manners I, Winnik MA:
Polyferrocenylsilane block copolymers: Nanotubes and nanowires through self-assembly

Bocharova V, Gorodyska G, Kiriy A, Stamm M, Simon P, Mönch I, Elefant D, Xudong Lu, Stoffelbach F, Dtrembleur C, Jérôme:
Synthesis and deposition of water-dispersed Prussian Blue nanocrystals on polymers and CNT