Nanomaterials hold promise as multifunctional diagnostic and therapeutic agents. However,
the effective application of nanomaterials is hampered by limited understanding and control …

Nanoscience includes the study of objects and systems in which at least one dimension is 1-
100 nm. The objects studied in this range of sizes are larger than atoms and small …

The Handbook of Ellipsometry is a critical foundation text on an increasingly critical subject.
Ellipsometry, a measurement technique based on phase and amplitude changes in …

Implantable medical devices are increasingly important in the practice of modern medicine.
Unfortunately, almost all medical devices suffer to a different extent from adverse reactions …

The need to control the adhesion of cells to material surfaces plays an important role in
determining the design of biomaterial substrates for biotechnology and tissue-engineering …

The rational design of hemocompatible materials requires a mechanistic understanding of
activation processes induced at the blood–material interface. Binary self-assembled …

Nonspecific adsorption of proteins is a crucial problem in the detection of analytes in
complex biological media by affinity sensors operating with label-free detection. We …

To evaluate the influence of substratum surface characteristics on protein adsorption
processes, we have investigated the adsorption (adsorbed amount, supramolecular …

Label-free heterogeneous phase detection critically depends on the properties of the
interfacial layer. We have obtained high-density monomolecular poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) …

COOH-terminated organic surfaces were prepared by self-assembly of different
organothiols, mercaptohexadecanoic acid (MHDA) and mercaptomethylterphenylcarboxylic …