TY - CHAP
T1 - Coupling Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and Quartz Crystal Microbalance to Study Organic Films at the Solid-Liquid Interface
AU - Richter, Ralf P.
AU - Rodenhausen, Keith B.
AU - Eisele, Nico B.
AU - Schubert, Mathias
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE) and quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D) have become popular tools for the analysis of organic films, from a few Angstroms to a few micrometers in thickness, at the solid-liquid interface. Because of their different working principles, both techniques are highly complementary, providing insight into optical and mechanical properties, respectively. The combination of SE and QCM-D in one setup is not only attractive because this information becomes available at the same time on the same sample, but also because the correlation of SE and QCM-D responses can provide novel insight that is not accessible with either technique alone. Here, we discuss how the combined setup is implemented in practice and review current data analysis approaches that are useful with regard to the correlation of both methods. Particular attention is given to the novel insight that can be obtained by the combination of both techniques, such as the solvation, density and lateral organization of organic films.
AB - Spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE) and quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D) have become popular tools for the analysis of organic films, from a few Angstroms to a few micrometers in thickness, at the solid-liquid interface. Because of their different working principles, both techniques are highly complementary, providing insight into optical and mechanical properties, respectively. The combination of SE and QCM-D in one setup is not only attractive because this information becomes available at the same time on the same sample, but also because the correlation of SE and QCM-D responses can provide novel insight that is not accessible with either technique alone. Here, we discuss how the combined setup is implemented in practice and review current data analysis approaches that are useful with regard to the correlation of both methods. Particular attention is given to the novel insight that can be obtained by the combination of both techniques, such as the solvation, density and lateral organization of organic films.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-40128-2_11
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-40128-2_11
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84886744460
SN - 9783642401275
T3 - Springer Series in Surface Sciences
SP - 223
EP - 248
BT - Ellipsometry of Functional Organic Surfaces and Films
A2 - Hinrichs, Karsten
A2 - Eichhorn, Klaus-Jochen
ER -