A. GUSSONI

We describe the design and test of a flexure z-stage with 12.5 mm height and 4 m travel to be coupled with a commercial xy stage. The geometrical model was simulated by means of finite element calculations which have provided an accurate description of the stage dynamics also taking into account the effect of a load to get a resonant frequency...

The photopolymerization of monolayers prepared at the gas-water interface with two styrene functionalized surfactants is studied and peculiar features of the film structures are described. When these films are irradiated with UV light, at constant surface pressure, their areas decrease monotonically as a function of the irradiation time. Phase...