Langmuir-Blodgett films 4 : proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Langmuir-Blodgett Films, Tsukuba, Japan, April 24-29, 1989

Volume 1 (Reprinted from the journal Thin Solid Films, Vol. 178, Nos. 1-2): Plenary Lecture. Present status and future prospects of Langmuir-Blodgett film research. Characterization of Monolayers at Liquid-Gas Interfaces. Aspects of Langmuir trough design in relation to the study of molecular monolayers of polymers and condensed films. Characterization of Langmuir monolayers and Langmuir-Blodgett-deposited multilayers of w-functionalized sulphide acids. Surface Rheology and Monolayer Transfer. Variations in the surface free energy of fatty acid Langmuir-Blodgett multilayers. Improvement of Langmuir-Blodgett film structure by dynamic surface pressure control. Structural Characterization. Thermal desorption of Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study of lipid-free multilayer systems of copper phthalocynaine tetrasulphonate. Index. Volume 2 (Reprinted from the journal Thin Solid Films, Vol. 179, Nos. 1-2): Chemical Processes in Monolayers and Multilayers. Preparation of highly oriented polyarylenevinylene thin films by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique. Properties of inserted mercury sulphide single layers in a Langmuir-Blodgett matrix. Electrical Properties. Electrical properties of new donor amphiphiles in Langmuir-Blodgett films. Electrical properties of metal-insulator-metal and metal-insulator-semiconductor structures containing Langmuir-Blodgett insulating multilayers. Optical Properties. Measurements of local fields of molecular dipoles in Langmuir-Blodgett films. Quadratic non-linear spectroscopy in Langmuir-Blodgett films of charge-transfer diazostilbenes and polyenes. Index. Volume 3 (Reprinted from the journal Thin Solid Films, Vol. 180, Nos. 1-2): Biological Aspects. Small odorant molecules affect steady state properties of monolayers. Electrochemical and immunoelectron microscopy evidence of lipid-protein interaction in Langmuir-Blodgett films of the human lung surfactant. Self Assembly Systems. The characterization of tubule-forming polymerizable phospholipids. Thermal behaviour of polymeric Langmuir-Blodgett multilayers. Application of Langmuir-Blodgett Films. Electrical properties of polyimide Langmuir-Blodgett films sandwiched between superconducting electrodes: detection of microwaves. Highly sensitive NO 2 optical detector with squarylium dye Langmuir-Blodgett film containing J aggregate. Index.