“…The QCM-D instrument used in the present work (Q-Sense AB, Göteborg, Sweden) simultaneously monitors a second important parameter, namely the damping, or the dissipation factor, D, of the oscillator. The dissipation measurements add qualitative and usually also quantitative information about the viscoelastic properties of the adsorbed layer (see, e.g., 14, 15) and allow for theoretical modeling of the QCM-D response (25,26). In brief, the dissipation is generally high if the adsorbed film has a high viscous component.…”