New Developments in Construction and Functions of Organic Thin Films

Tisato Kajiyama and Masuo Aizawa (Eds.)9780444819567, 0444819568

This book is a timely review of recent advances on the construction and functions of organic thin films by a variety of techniques. The component molecules are relatively simple ones with self-organizing properties, i.e., ordered molecular assembly characteristics. The contents are arranged from the fundamental concepts of molecular assembly of self-organizing molecules to the potential biological applications of protein assemblies, supramolecular species.

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Table of contents :
Content:
Preface
Page v
Tisato Kajiyama

Contributors
Page vii

Novel concepts of aggregation structure of fatty acid monolayers on the water surface Original Research Article
Pages 1-38
T. Kajiyama, Y. Oishi

Crystal engineering of synthetic bilayer membranes Original Research Article
Pages 39-70
K. Okuyama, M. Shimomura

Control of molecular orientation and packing in monolayer assemblies Original Research Article
Pages 71-108
Hiroo Nakahara

In situ Characterization of Langmuir-Biodgett Films by using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance as a Substrate Original Research Article
Pages 109-143
Yoshio Okahata

Application of vibrational spectroscopy to the study of structure-function relationship in Langmuir-Blodgett films Original Research Article
Pages 145-180
T. Takenaka, J. Umemura

Construction of well organized functional Langmuir-Blodgett films by mimicking structures and functions of biological membranes Original Research Article
Pages 181-209
Masamichi Fujihira

Nonlinear characteristics of thin lipid films Original Research Article
Pages 211-246
M. Makino, K. Yoshikawa

Molecular control of photoresponses of LB films containing redox chromophores Original Research Article
Pages 247-285
Toshihiko Nagamura

Design of non-linear optical films by Langmuir-Blodgett technique Original Research Article
Pages 287-321
Masanao Era, Tetsuo Tsutsui, Shogo Saito

Protein assemblies for information transduction Original Research Article
Pages 323-354
M. Aizawa

Subject index
Pages 355-359