Second harmonic generation (SHG) and sum frequency spectroscopy (SFS) have provided unique opportunities to probe surfaces and interfaces. They have found broad applications …
B Li, S Zhang, JS Andre, Z Chen - Progress in Polymer Science, 2021 - Elsevier
The glass transition temperature (T g) of polymer thin films, one of the most important parameters to characterize the relaxation behavior of polymer chains in a thin film, has been …
Z Chen - Progress in polymer science, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper reviews recent progress in the studies of buried polymer interfaces using sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy. Both buried solid/liquid and solid/solid …
Interfacial water structure on a polymer surface in water (or surface hydration) is related to the antifouling activity of the polymer. Zwitterionic polymer materials exhibit excellent …
C Zhang, JN Myers, Z Chen - Soft matter, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy has been developed into an important technique to study surfaces and interfaces. It can probe buried interfaces in situ …
S Ye, KT Nguyen, SV Le Clair, Z Chen - Journal of structural biology, 2009 - Elsevier
Sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy has been demonstrated to be a powerful technique to study the molecular structures of surfaces and interfaces in different …
L Velarde, HF Wang - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The lack of understanding of the temporal effects and the restricted ability to control experimental conditions in order to obtain intrinsic spectral lineshapes in surface sum …
S Zhang, JS Andre, L Hsu, A Toolis, SL Esarey… - …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Polyurethane potting compounds and sealants, widely used as encapsulating and protective barriers, are usually applied to substrates after precoating substrate surfaces with primers …
Phthalates, the most widely used plasticizers in poly (vinyl chloride)(PVC), have been extensively studied. In this paper, a highly sensitive, easy, and effective method was …