Ellipsometry is the method of choice to determine the properties of surfaces and thin films. It provides comprehensive and sensitive characterization in contactless and non-invasive measurements. This book gives a state-of-the-art survey of ellipsometric investigations of organic films and surfaces, from laboratory to synchrotron applications, with a special focus on in-situ use in processing environments and at solid-liquid interfaces. In conjunction with the development of functional organic, meta- and hybrid materials for new optical, electronic, sensing and biotechnological devices and fabrication advances, the ellipsometric analysis of their optical and material properties has progressed rapidly in the recent years.

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Biomolecules at surfaces.- Smart polymer surfaces and films.- Nanostructured surfaces and organic/inorganic hybrids.- Thin films of organic semiconductors for OPV, OLEDs and OTFT.- Developments in ellipsometric real-time/in-situ monitoring techniques.- Infrared brillant light sources for micro-ellipsometric studies of organic films.- Collection of optical constants of organic layers.