Combined optical and acoustical method for determination of thickness and porosity of transparent organic layers below the ultra-thin film limit

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Rodenhausen, K B ^a   Kasputis, T ^b   Pannier, A K ^b   Gerasimov, J Y ^b   Lai, R Y ^b   Solinsky, M ^c   Tiwald, T E ^d   Wang, H ^b   Sarkar, A ^b   Hofmann, T ^b   Ianno, N ^b   Schubert, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^d J A WOOLLAM CO INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICAL METHODS; ACOUSTICAL TECHNIQUES; AMBIENT DENSITY; ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; COMBINATORIAL APPROACH; DNA SENSORS; DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT; FLUID CONTROL SYSTEMS; IN-SITU; LAYER THICKNESS; LIQUID ENVIRONMENT; LIQUID SOLUTION; ORGANIC ADSORBATES; ORGANIC LAYERS; ORGANIC SURFACTANTS; PARAMETER CORRELATION; PERFORMANCE TESTING;

ADSORPTION; CHEMISORPTION; LIQUIDS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; POROSITY; QUARTZ; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

FILM THICKNESS;

DNA;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; POROSITY;

ACOUSTICS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DNA; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; POROSITY;

EID: 80655125771     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3653880     Document Type: Article

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