This book describes the physics of the second-generation quartz
crystal microbalance (QCM), a fundamental method of analysis for
soft matter at interfaces.
From a device for measuring film thickness in vacuum, the quartz
crystal microbalance (QCM) has in the past two decades evolved into
a versatile instrument for analyzing soft matter at solid/liquid
and solid/gas interfaces that found applications in diverse fields
including the life sciences, material science, polymer research and
electrochemistry. As a consequence of this success, the QCM is now
being used by scientists with a wide variety of backgrounds to
study an impressive diversity of samples, with intricate data
analysis methods being elaborated along the way. It is for these
practitioners of the QCM that the book is written. It brings across
basic principles behind the technique and the data analysis methods
in sufficient detail to be educational and in a format that is
accessible to anyone with an undergraduate level knowledge of any
of the physical or natural sciences. These principles concern the
analysis of acoustic shear waves and build on a number of
fundamental physical concepts which many users of the technique do
not usually come across. They have counterparts in optical
spectroscopy, electrical engineering, quantum mechanics, rheology
and mechanics, making this book a useful educational resource
beyond the QCM itself. The main focus is the physics of QCM, but as
the book describes the behavior of the QCM when exposed to films,
droplets, polymer brushes, particles, vesicles, nanobubbles and
stick-slip, it also offers insight into the behavior of soft matter
at interfaces in a more general sense.
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