This volume presents recent research into the kinetics, mechanism, and rate processes in film formation, as well as resulting unique morphologies. Several new characterization methods are applied to study film formation kinetics, morphology, film structure, and properties. An understanding of these film formation processes will result in a better ability to engineer coatings and films with specific and predictable morphologies and end-use properties.

From the Preface: “...The increasingly competitive global marketplace and the changing technical and economic environment amplifies the current and continuing need for generating knowledge about the film formation process, which scientists and technologists can then apply to developing quality coatings products. The growth of nanomaterials technology has impacted film formation sceience and technology and has enabled the development of novel morphologies and film structures. Unique and new characterization methodology continues to be applied to the understanding of the film formation process...”

Target Audience: Researchers and scientists in industry and academia with an interest in film formation.

Table of Contents:

Kinetics and Mechanism:

UV-Induced Film Formation Kinetics as a Function of Film Thickness and in the Adjacent Dark Non-Irradiated Region

Copolymerization Mechanism of Photoinitiator Free Thiol—Vinyl Acrylate Systems

Photopolymerization Kinetics of Pigmented Systems Using a Thin-Film Calorimeter

Desorption of Surfactants During Film Formation

Predicting Surfactant Distributions in Dried Latex Films

Morphology Characterization, Novel Morphologies, and Film Structures:

Cryo-Scanning Electron Microscopy of Film Formation in Regular and Low-Volatile Organic Contents Waterborne Latex Coatings

Characterization of Free-Volume Properties of Surface and Interfaces in Thin Film Using Positron Annihilation

Recent Advances in Film Formation from Colloidal Particles: Synthesis of Non-Spherical Colloidal Shapes with Stimuli-Responsive Characteristics

Formation of Films of Two-Dimensional Continuous Network Skeleton

Fabrication of Conductive Au-Linker Molecule Multilayer Film on Flexible Polymer Substrates

Block Copolymer Nanocomposite Films Containing Silver Nanoparticles

Index