Abstract
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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The software QTM is freely available for download (http://www2.pc.tu-clausthal.de/dj/software_en.shtml), and features an automated analysis of joint confidence regions for the obtained results. The software QTools is. available from Biolin Scientific (http://www.q-sense.com).
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A MATLAB routine to predict the coverage-dependent \(f^{\mathrm{m}}_{\mathrm{a}}\) as a function of the particle size, mass and aspect ratio, and for a selected set of lateral distribution scenarios is freely available for download (http://www.rrichter.net).
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Richter, R.P., Rodenhausen, K.B., Eisele, N.B., Schubert, M. (2014). Coupling Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and Quartz Crystal Microbalance to Study Organic Films at the Solid-Liquid Interface. In: Hinrichs, K., Eichhorn, KJ. (eds) Ellipsometry of Functional Organic Surfaces and Films. Springer Series in Surface Sciences, vol 52. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40128-2_11
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