Characterization, grazing-angle

The application of FT-IR to a wide variety of interfacial phenomena is possible using either attenuated total reflectance (ATR) or grazing angle reflection -absorption. The details of these optical techniques are discussed in a subsequent chapter, in the context of characterization of Langmuir - Blodgett films and self-assembled mono and multilayers. However, ATR has been applied in a number of other areas which will be mentioned here. 

In this work the first method for detection and quantification of a chemical agent s simulants on metallic surfaces using sample smearing on surface as transfer method was evaluated as a proof of concept experiment. Spectroscopic characterization of thin layer deposits was achieved using the powerful technique of Grazing Angle Probe-Fiber Optic Coupled-FTTR developed for surface analysis . This methodology relies on... 

L. F. De La Torre-Quintana, S. P. Hemandez-Rivera, Characterization of thermal inkjet technology TNT deposits by fiber optic-grazing angle probe FTIR spectroscopy. Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelhgence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense IV Edward M. Carapezza Ed., Proc. SPIE, 5778, 543-552 (2005). 

A large amount of the studies on this field are devoted to the analysis of the energy loss of atomic particles scattered off surfaces under grazing angle of incidence. The aim of this work is to review some recent developments on this problem. We focus on the theoretical approaches that have been used to characterize and understand the energy loss mechanisms under these conditions. 

In order to study the formation of interfacial metal phosphate layers, the untreated bare CRS panels were mechanically polished to a mirror finish and used as coating substrates. The ISPC was applied on mirror-finished CRS and cured at 163°C for 15 min. The polymer layer on each panel was removed without damaging the interface by soaking the panel in tetrahydrofuran solvent. The interfacial metal phosphate layer was rinsed with deionized water, dried, and characterized by a Bruker Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrophotometer model Vector 22 equipped with a Spectra Tech FT-80 grazing angle accessory. 

XPS has an analysis depth of 1-5 nm, with variations achieved by changes in the grazing angle. XPS is useful in characterization of the surface concentration of polymer blends. Measurement of the diffusion of one polymer into another polymer can be determined with a very thin film cast upon another polymer surface. In cases of strong specific inter-... 

A series of SAMs formed on Au from mono- and dithiol conjugated aromatic molecules was characterized by cyclic voltammetry, grazing incidence Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, contact angle measurement, and ellipsometry.43 The analyses indicated that the molecular orientation of conjugated phenylene- and thophene-based dithiols became less tilted with respect to the surface normal as the chain length of the organic molecules increased. 

In conclusion, we first described the one step synthesis of nanoporous organosilica powders functionalized with a Non Linear Optical chromophore in the channel pore (azobenzene diethylphosphonate). These powders have been totally characterized and present a meso-porosity with a wormlike structure. Thin films monofunction-alised with NLO chromophore in the channel pores or bifunctionalized (NLO in the channel pores/erbium salt in the framework) were also prepared in one step and characterized by Grazing Incidence Small angle X-ray Scattering (GISAXS) and X-ray reflectivity. Interestingly, while the monofunctional thin film presents a lamellar structure, the bifunctional one (channel pores/framework)... 

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