Particles on surfaces: detection, adhesion, and removal

This work comprises the proceedings of the Fourth Symposium on Particles on Surfaces. Papers cover: adhesion-induced deformations of particles on surfaces; the use of atomic force microscopy in probing particle-particle adhesion; particle contamination in microelectronics, on spacecraft, and on optical surfaces; the role of air ionization in reducing surface contamination by particles in the cleanroom; abrasive blasting media for contamination-free deburring processes; and more.;The book is intended for physical, chemical, surface and colloid chemists, materials scientists; polymers, plastics, electrical and electronics, computer, chemical and mechanical engineers; and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

Originally published: New York: Marcel Dekker, 1995.

Particles on surfaces -- adhesion induced deformations; surface force tensile interactions between micrometer size particles and a polyester-PDMS block copolymer substrate; polymer to particle adhesion probed with atomic force microscopy; surface particle contamination identification in microelectronics; an overview of spacecraft particulate contamination phenomena; contamination on optical surfaces-concerns, prevention, detection, and removal; an advanced surface particle and molecular contaminant identification, removal, and collection system; the role of air ionization in reducing surface contamination by particles in the cleanroom; selecting a contamination-free deburring process -- testing abrasive blasting media; particle generation and control in tubing and piping connection design; detection and identification of particles on silicon surfaces; the characterization of particles on spacecraft returned from orbit; a light-scattering method for determining the composition of particles on surfaces; light scattering by spherical particles on planar multi-layered substrates; new test procedure for the examination of the particulate cleanliness of technical surfaces; discriminatio…