End-tethered polymer chains under AFM tips: Compression and escape in theta solvents

Langmuir

Volumn 13, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 5691-5696

  Guffond, M C ^a,b   Williams, D R M ^b   Sevick, E M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FREE ENERGY; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

END TETHERED POLYMER CHAIN; THETA SOLVENTS;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0031246879     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la970377r     Document Type: Article

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