… of the refractive index of the film. As a result, a real IR spectrum of an ultrathin film is, as a
rule, distorted by so-called optical effects. Specifically, the spectrum strongly depends upon the …

… the collection and interpretation of infrared (IR) spectra of ultrathin films. The chapters are …
as a guide for the dedicated novice to learn the fundamentals of thin-film IR spectroscopy. This …

… Infrared spectroscopy (or vibration absorption spectroscopy) provides information about the
… IR spectroscopy allows both the solutions used for film deposition and the films obtained to …

… loss spectroscopy for surface study, theory of low-energy electron diffraction and photoelectron
spectroscopy from ultra-thin films… ization nonlinear optics and spectroscopy of polarization …

… and electronic description of ultra-thin films. The theories of low-… An ultra-thin film can be
regarded as a stack of layers—the … The distance between next-nearest sites in the film and the …

… The cold crystallization process in poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) spin-coated ultrathin
films was studied by infrared spectroscopy. The conformational change associated to the …

… orientation in the ultrathin films simply by comparing the transmission spectrum to the KBr
spectrum. This surface-specific selection rule of infrared spectroscopy is called surface …

… of infrared spectroscopic analytical approaches was made in order to assess their applicability
for internal structure characterization of SiO 2 thin films. … of the film under analysis but also …

… Alumina ultrathin films present afeatureless loss spectrum in the energy range spanning
the … the study of the electronicstructure of an overlayer NiO film. The results show that for 1 …

… used: thinning of the film to highlight the properties of the interfacial layer and growth of the
passivating film in a controlled fashion. In the latter approach IR spectroscopy is used at each …