Part I: The principle and physical chemistry of soft interface
Chapter 1
The principle and physical chemistry of soft interface
Takanori Takiue, Yoshimune Nonomura, and Shuji Fujii
Part II: Design of Soft Interface (Synthesis and Processing)
Chapter 2
Molecular Design of Soft Interface
Shin-ichi Yusa and Syuji Fujii
Chapter 3 Nano- and micro-technology of Soft Interface
Yoshiko Miura and Keitaro Yoshimoto
Part III: Characterization and Physical Properties of Soft Interface
Chapter 4
Infrared and Raman spectroscopy for thin film analysis
Takeshi Hasegawa
Chapter 5
Sum Frequency Generation (SFG)
Daisuke Kawaguchi and Keiji Tanaka
Chapter 6
Surface Analysis
Daisuke Kawaguchi and Keiji Tanaka
Chapter 7
Scattering and Reflection
Hideki Matsuoka
Chapter 8
X-ray and neutron reflectivity and grazing incidence X-ray diffraction
Atsushi Takahara and Yuji Higaki
Chapter 9
Scanning Electron Microscopy
Xi Jiang, Takeshi Higuchi and Hiroshi Jinnai
Chapter 10
Transmission Electron Microscopy
Xi Jiang, Takeshi Higuchi and Hiroshi Jinnai
Chapter 11
Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM)
Yoshihiro Kikkawa and Reiko Azumi
Part IV: Application of Soft Interface
Chapter 12 High-performance interface
Motoyasu Kobayashi and Atsushi Takahara
Chapter 13 Bio- and chemical-sensors and role of soft interface
Yukari Sato
Chapter 14 Non-protein-fouling, hemocompatible and biospecific surfaces generated with phospholipid polymers
Yasuhiko Iwasaki
Chapter 15 Stem cell purification on a cell-compatible, cell-specific biointerface
Atsushi Mahara and Tetsuji Yamaoka
About the Author: Mizuo Maeda
Mizuo Maeda received his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo (1983). He was a full professor of materials physics and chemistry at Kyushu University before moving to RIKEN Institute as a chief scientist and a director of Bioengineering Laboratory. His research interests center on polymer chemistry, analytical chemistry, and biomaterials science.
Atsushi Takahara
Atsushi Takahara earned his D.Eng. (1983) in the field of polymer science. Since 1999, he is a full professor of Kyushu University. His research interests are focused on advanced soft materials such as polymer ultrathin films, polymer nanocomposites, and novel tough polymers.
Hiromi Kitano
Hiromi Kitano is a director of the Institute for Polymer-Water Interfaces (Toyama, Japan). He earned his Dr. Eng. in Kyoto University (1980). He was a full professor of University of Toyama from 1992 to 2016. His research interests are focused on the structure analyses of water in the vicinity of polymer materials, development and application of biocompatible polymers, and analyses of molecular recognition processes at the interfaces of water-polymer materials.
Tetsuji YAMAOKA
Tetsuji YAMAOKA is a director of Department of Biomedical Engineering of National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute (Osaka Japan). He earned his Dr. Eng. in Kyoto University (1993). He is a Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE) and Japanese Delegate of the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering. His research interests are cardiovascular artificial organs, regenerative medicines, and molecular imaging.
Yoshiko Miura Yoshiko Miura is a Professor at Kyusyu University. She received her B. Eng. Degree in 1995, M. Eng. Degree in 1997, and Dr. Eng. Degree in 2000 from the Kyoto University. She was appointed Assistant Professor at Nagoya University in 2001, Associate Professor at JAIST in 2005, and Professor at Kyushu University in 2010. Her research interests are biomaterial fabrication with glycopolymers and glyco-nanoparticles.
