Some aspects of AFM nanomechanical probing of surface polymer films

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 949-956

  Shulha, Hennady ^a   Kovalev, Alexander ^b   Myshkin, Nikolai ^b   Tsukruk, Vladimir V ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^b VA Belyi Metal Polymer Research Institute of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Elastic moduli; Nanomechanical probing; Polymer surface layers; Viscoelastic nanoscale properties

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; HYDROGELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMER BLENDS; THIN FILMS;

NANOMECHANICAL PROBING; POLYMER SURFACE LAYERS; VISCOLELASTIC NANOSCALE PROPERTIES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 1842832096     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2004.01.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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