Variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry (VASE),
275–276
Variables
separation of, 113
thermodynamic, 18–19, 20f
VASE, see Variable angle spectroscopic
ellipsometry (VASE)
Vibrational energy transitions, 124, 125
Vibrational entropy, 41
Vibrational modes, defined, 198
Vibrational motion, quantization, 122–125
Vibrational quantum number, 123
Vibrational spectroscopy methods, 197–201
Vibration frequency, fundamental, 123
Virtual excited state, 201–202, 203
Viscoelasticity, 263, 264
Viscoelastic properties
defined, 263
QCM-D crystal surface, 264
Visible light by nanofilm, absorption, 192–194
W
Wannier–Mott excitons, 355
Wavefunction
defined, 101
determining, 103–104
eigenfunction, type, 103
eigenvalues of, 103
energy states, 105–106, 106f
harmonic oscillator model, 129–130
normalizing, 101, 106–109
one-dimensional, 105
quantum mechanics, 101–102
ring model, 118, 119
sinusoidal, 105
splitting up, 113
squared, 106f, 108, 128
two-dimensional, 113
Waveguide
basics, 284–285
defined, 284
DPI, 284–285, 285f
interferometry and effective refractive index,
285–287
reference, 286, 287
sensing, 286, 287
Waveguide interferometry, effective refractive
index and, 285–287, 286f
Wavelengths
emission, 194
excitation, 194
Wavenumber, defined, 267
Waves
evanescent, 279–280
matter, 98–99
Wenzel states, 226–227, 229
Wetting
Cassie–Baxter, 226–227
phenomena, contact angles and, 223–225
Wenzel, 226, 227
Index 497