Authors

Chen Liang

Type

Text

Type

Thesis

Advisor

Dudley, Micheal | Koga, Tadanori | Sokolov, Jonathon.

Date

2012-05-01

Keywords

dead layer, polystyrene, x-ray reflectivity | Materials Science

Department

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Language

en_US

Source

This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/11401/70783

Publisher

The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.

Format

application/pdf

Abstract

This thesis mainly focuses on the novel characters of the adsorbed layers formed at the solid substrate by using in-situ x-ray reflectivity. We characterized the thermal expansion as a function of temperature. We found the contraction of the adsorbed layer within the T-range from room temperature to 100, which is in contrast to the bulk behavior. We also found that the heterogeneous structure in the direction normal to the surface: the bulk-like top layer and high density bottom layer. | 51 pages

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