AVS 45th International Symposium
    Applied Surface Science Division Wednesday Sessions

Session AS-WeA
Polymer Surfaces, Films and Interfaces

Wednesday, November 4, 1998, 2:00 pm, Room 307
Moderator: D.G. Castner, University of Washington


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2:00pm AS-WeA1
Changes in the Band Structure Across the Surface Ferroelectric Phase Transition in the Crystalline Ferroelectric Copolymer P(VDF-TrFE)
J. Choi, P.A. Dowben, A.V. Bune, S. Ducharme, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, V.M. Fridkin, S.P. Palto, N. Petukhova, The Russian Academy of Sciences
2:20pm AS-WeA2
UV Photopolymerization of Methyl Methacrylate and Acrylic Acid on Pt(110) Using Time-Resolved FT-IRAS
J. Yan, K. Green, T. Jachimowski, J. Lauterbach, Purdue University
2:40pm AS-WeA3 Invited Paper
Correlations of the Structure and Mechanical Properties of Polymer Surfaces: Combined Sum Frequency Generation-Surface Vibrational Spectroscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy Studies
G.A. Somorjai, D. Gracias, D. Zhang, University of California, Berkeley
3:20pm AS-WeA5
Hydrolysis Degradation of Biodegradable Polymers A Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Study
J.A. Gardella, Jr., J. Chen, State University of New York, Buffalo
3:40pm AS-WeA6
Effect of PDMS Segment Length on the Surface Composition of Polyimidesiloxane Copolymers and its Role in Adhesion
J. Zhao, State University of New York, Buffalo, S.R. Rojstaczer, Occidental Chemical Corporation, J.A. Gardella, J. Chen, State University of New York, Buffalo
4:00pm AS-WeA7
Interface Characterization with Combined XPS and TOF-SIMS An Application to the Metallization of Plasma Modified Polymer Surfaces
D. Wolany, T. Fladung, Th. Gantenfort, L. Wiedmann, A. Benninghoven, Universität Münster, Germany
4:20pm AS-WeA8
XPS Evidence of Redox Chemistry Between Cold Rolled Steel and Polyaniline
B.C. Beard, P. Spellane, Akzo Nobel Chemicals, Inc.
4:40pm AS-WeA9
Evaluation of the Degradation Mechanism(s) Associated with Acid Rain Exposure of Acrylic Melamine Based Automotive Clearcoats
P.J. Schmitz, J.W. Holubka, L.F. Xu, Ford Motor Company
5:00pm AS-WeA10
Optical Characterization of FEP Teflon: Pristine and from Hubble Space Telescope@footnote 1@
C.L. Bungay, Univeristy of Nebraska, Lincoln, J.N. Hilfiker, J. A. Woollam Co., Inc., J.A. Woollam, University of Nebraska, Lincoln