Probing polymer surfaces and interfaces using sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy – a powerful nonlinear optical technique

Abstract

Sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy has been proved to be a powerful technique which substantially impacts on many research areas in surface and interfacial sciences. This paper reviews the recent progress of applying this nonlinear optical technique in the studies of polymer surfaces and interfaces. The theoretical background of SFG is introduced first. Current applications of SFG in polymer science are then described in more detail to demonstrate the significance of this technique. Finally, a short summary is presented on this relatively new but widely applicable spectroscopic technique.

Keywords

sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy / SFG / nonlinear optical technique / surface and interface / polymer

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (Y4100390), the start-up fund of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (0913845-Y), the funds from the Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Education Ministry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (2009QN07) and the Department of Education of Zhejiang Province (Y200909780). We also acknowledge the financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, Nos. 20704038 and 20874089), the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (No. IRT 0654).

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