CEM 419
Surface and Interface Analysis
Fall 1999
Laboratory Experiments
We are grateful to the National Science Foundation
for their support in the development and implementation of this
course through grant NSF DUE-9850822.
Please note: This course was taught for the first
time in the Fall 1999 term. These are the first versions of these
experiments. Updated versions will be available soon.
Ellipsometry
Introduction
to Ellipsometry
Optical
Ellipsometry of Alkanethiol Monolayers on Gold
Contact Angle Measurements
Contact
Angles and Surface Energies
Contact
Angles as a Function of Immersion Time and Advancing and Receding Angles
Mass Sensing
Kinetics
and Thermodynamics of Monolayer Formation
Electrochemistry
Investigation
of the Capacitance of SAMs and Bare Gold
Investigation
of the Permeability of Alkanethiol Monolayers
Cyclic
Voltammery with Immobilized Films
Reflectance FTIR
FTIR
Spectroscopy of an Alkanethiol Monolayer
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