This volume contains 26 papers originally presented at the LB9 conference, held in Potsdam, Germany in August 2000. It is dedicated to new techniques and methodologies for studying interfacial layers. One group of manuscripts deals with the application of surface plasmons at solid interfaces, used for example in resonance spectroscopy and light scattering. New applications of various types of Atomic Force Microscopy are reported, making use of various tip modifications. There are a number of papers on light emitting diodes, fluorescence, and electroluminescence; electromechanical methods for developing miniaturized pH or gas sensors are also described, along with the application of synchrotron X-ray and NMR techniques for elucidating molecular information for various types of interfacial layers.

From the Foreword: “...The topics comprised of course much more than only Langmuir Blodgett layers, which only gave the traditional name of this series of conferences. Actually the scientific fields spanned over many aspects of monolayer and adsorption layers at various liquid and solid interfaces...”

Target Audience: Researchers and upper-level students of colloids, physical chemistry, thin films, LEDs, microsensors, and related fields.

Partial Table of Contents:

Ellipsometry in Interface Science

Detection of Evanascent Fields on Arachidic Acid LB Films on Al Films Caused by Resonantly Excited Surface Plasmons

Scattered Light and Emission from Ag Thin Film and Merocyanine Langmuir—Blodgett Film on Ag Thin Film Due to Surface Plasmon Polariton Excitation

Electronic Structures of Ordered Langmuir—Blodgett Films of an Amphiphilic Derivative of 2,5-Diphenyl-1,3,4-Oxadiazole

Study of Adhesion Properties of Polymer Surfaces by Atomic Force Microscopy

Light Emitting Efficiencies in Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)

Light-Emitting Devices Based on Sequentially Adsorbed Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembled Films of Alizarin Violet

Structural Properties and Interactions of Thin Films at the Air—Liquid Interface Explored by Synchrotron X-Ray Scattering

Isomerically-Featured Aggregate Images of Phenol-Formaldehyde Monolayers by BAM and SMM

NMR Methods for Studies of Organic Adsorption Layers

Composite Polyelectrolyte Self-Assembled Films for Chemical and Bio-Sensing

A Conductometric pH Sensor Based on a Polypyrrole LB Film

Designed Nano-Engineered Polymer Films on Colloidal Particles and Capsules

Drop and Bubble Shape Analysis as a Tool for Dilational Rheological Studies of Interfacial Layers

Oscillating Bubble and Drop Techniques

Index