by Guo Wensheng. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-186). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1991. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (67-69).

As Organic solar cells (OSCs) become a promising complementary to traditional inorganic solar cells, studying the optical properties of OSCs plays a critical role to understand and improve the performance of organic solar cells. Studying optical properties is essential because it can help to understand how light interacts with the materials used in organic solar cells, which can help to improve the efficiency of organic solar cells. In this work, the optical properties of the organic photovoltaic system PM6:Y6 prepared from two different solvents, namely, chloroform and o-xylene, were investigated. The optical constants, specifically the refractive index and absorption coefficient of thin films of these materials, and the effects of thermal annealing on the optical properties were studied. The optical properties of isotropic and anisotropic organic materials were also compared, and the obtained optical constants were used to simulate the optical properties of the devices using the transfer matrix approach. The results suggest that more accurate measurements and analysis of the optical constants help to achieve more accurate simulations. This, in turn, provides more information about how the molecular orientation affects the optical properties of OSCs. However, it is important to note that the optical properties of PM6:Y6 blends that were studied are limited to those obtained under the conditions used to prepare the films. In fact, changes in the thickness or concentrations of solutions will need to be considered as well. Lastly, the glass transition temperature was determined using the change in the ellipsometric data (Ψ). This helps to select and test different thermal annealing temperatures for the material system, which could improve the efficiency of the respective solar cells.

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<p> </p><p><p> </p></p><p><p><p> </p></p></p><p>MAX-phase materials are a new type of material class. These materials are potentiallyt echnologically important as they show unique physical properties due to the combination of metals and ceramics. In this project, spectroscopic ellipsometry in the spectral range of 0.06 eV –6.0 eV was used to probe the linear optical response of MAX-phases in terms of the complexd dielectric function <em>ε(ω) = ε1(ω) + iε2(ω<em>). </em></em>Measured data were fit to theoretical models using the Lorentz and generalized oscillator models. Data from seven different samples of MAX-phase materials were obtained using two ellipsometers. Each sample dielectric function was determined, including their infrared spectrum.</p>

Nisin is an antibacterial peptide, which when adsorbed on a surface can inhibit bacterial adhesion and viability. The ability of noncovalently immobilized nisin to withstand exchange by the milk proteins bovine serum albumin, ��-lactoglobulin, ��-lactalbumin, and ��-casein on surfaces that had been silanized with dichlorodiethylsilane to exhibit high and low hydrophobicities was examined using in situ ellipsometry. Kinetic behavior was recorded for nisin adsorption for 1h and 8h, followed in each case by rinsing in protein-free buffer solution, and sequential contact with a single milk protein for 4h. Concerning nisin adsorption to each surface, a higher adsorbed mass was consistently recorded on the hydrophilic relative to the hydrophobic surface, independent of adsorption time. While desorption was greater from the hydrophilic surface in the 1h test, the amount desorbed was quite similar on each surface in the 8h tests. The sequential data were consistent with the assumptions that nisin organization at the interface involved adsorption in at least two different states, possibly existing in more than one layer, and that in the absence of exchange, upon addition of the second protein adsorbed mass would increase by an amount equivalent to its experimentally observed monolayer coverage. The Mass of nisin exchanged was generally higher on the hydrophobic compared to the hydrophilic surface presumably because of the presence of a more diffuse outer layer in the former case. ��-casein was the most effective eluting agent among the proteins studied, while ��-lactalbumin was the least effective, apparently adsorbing onto the nisin layers with little exchange. Both bovine serum albumin and ��-lactoglobulin were moderately effective in exchanging with adsorbed nisin, with the amount of nisin removed by bovine serum albumin being more substantial, possibly due to its greater flexibility. / Graduation date: 1995

The effect of pH and ionic strength on the equilibrium adsorptive behavior of β-lactoglobulin onto hydrophobic and hydrophilic silicon surfaces was studied using ellipsometry. Plots of amount adsorbed (μg protein/cm²) as a function of protein concentration (mg/ml) exhibited attainment of plateau values beyond a protein concentration of 0.250 mg/ml. At a given pH and ionic strength, plateau values associated with hydrophobic surfaces were observed to be greater than those associated with hydrophilic surfaces. The Langmuir adsorption isotherm was chosen as the most appropriate model to represent the data and was used to compare results obtained under different experimental conditions. Effects of pH and ionic strength on protein adsorption at hydrophilic surfaces indicate that electrostatics played a major role, while pH and ionic strength effects on adsorption to hydrophobic surfaces reflect a greater importance of nonelectrostatic interactions. / Graduation date: 1991

In order to measure the thickness of a protein layer on a structured surface of silicon rubber, we have used ellipsometry and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR)-spectroscopy. The aim was to determine whether this type of measurement method can be used on protein layers or not. By hot-embossing a specific pattern of micrometre-sized pillars was created on the surface of the silicon rubber, which then was exposed to a phosphate buffer solution (PBS) containing human serum albumin (HSA) protein. FTIR measurements confirmed that proteins had attached to the surface. Ellipsometric studies were made and even though the protein layer was too thin to be measured, a simulation was made that revealed that a protein layer needs to be at least 1,5 nm to be measured properly with this method. We can also see that the protein molecules can get out of the solution, to find their way into the small pits of the samples.

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The objectives of this efforts was to develop spectroscopic ellipsometry method for investigation of optical properties: (i) of multi-layered nanostructures used for Bovine leukaemia virus glycoprotein gp51 recognition, (ii) nanostructures consisting of monomeric (mGCSF) and dimeric (dGCSF) granulocyte colony stimulating factor and its receptor (GCSF-R) and (iii) Al2O3/ZnO nanolaminates designed by atomic layer deposition method. In particular, focusing on the investigation of: • biological recognition layers of immunosensors by means of comparison of analytical sensitivities of ellipsometric parameters Δ and Ψ in order to estimate differences in orientation of immobilized intact- and fragmented-antibodies against bovine leukemia virus antigen gp51; • the kinetics of biosensing layer formation, which was based on the immobilization of fragmented and intact antibodies, kinetics of antigen interaction with the immobilized antibodies and interactions of monomeric (mGCSF) and dimeric (dGCSF) granulocyte colony stimulating factor and its receptor (GCSF-R) immobilized on a thin gold layer; • kinetic coefficients of monomolecular biological layer formation process using model which takes into consideration partial reversibility (residence time) effect; • optical constants of Al2O3 and ZnO monolayer as well as Al2O3/ZnO nanolaminates prepared by atomic layer deposition method in order to investigate possibilities to apply these nanolaminates for optical biosensors. / Spektroskopinės elipsometrijos metodas išvystytas ir pritaikytas (i) daugiasluoksnių nanostruktūrų, skirtų galvijų leukemijos viruso (GLV) antigeno gp51 aptikimui, (ii) nanostruktūrų, sudarytų iš monomerinio ir dimerinio granuliocitų kolonijas stimuliuojančio faktoriaus bei jų receptoriaus ir (iii) Al2O3/ZnO nanolaminatų, pagamintų atominių sluoksnių nusodinimo metodu, optinių savybių tyrimams • Tiriant elipsometrinių parametrų Δ ir Ψ jautrumą biojutikliuose, sudarytuose iš biologiškai aktyvių sluoksnių, nustatyti biomolekulių orientacijos skirtumai tarp sluoksnių, sudarytų iš imobilizuotų skaldytų ir neskaldytų antikūnų prieš GLV antigeną. • Ištirti biologiškai aktyvūs sluoksniai, sudaryti iš imobilizuotų skaldytų ir neskaldytų antikūnų prieš GLV antigeną sąveikos su antigenu gp51 ir granuliocitų kolonijas stimuliuojančio faktoriaus (GCSF) receptoriaus imobilizuoto ant aukso paviršiaus, sąveikos su GCSF monomeru ir dimeru formavimosi kinetikos. • Pritaikant modelį, įskaitantį negrįžtamos imobilizacijos reiškinį, nustatytos monomolekulinių biologinių sluoksnių iš antikūnų prieš GLV ir antigeno gp51 bei GCSF ir jo receptoriaus formavimosi kinetinės konstantos. • Nustatytos Al2O3 ir ZnO sluoksnių bei Al2O3/ZnO nanolaminatų, suformuotų naudojant atominių sluoksnių nusodinimo metodą, optines konstantos ir ištirtos galimybes šias struktūras panaudoti biojutikliuose.