Optimum topographical and morphological information in AFM tapping mode investigation of multicomponent polyethylene

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 917-926

  Godehardt, Reinhold ^a   Lebek, Werner ^a   Adhikari, Rameshwar ^a   Rosenthal, Martin ^a   Martin, Carola ^a   Frangov, Stoyan ^a   Michler, Goerg H ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

AFM; Force probe experiments; Interleave scanning; Polyethylene blend; Tapping mode

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE SHIFT; POLYMER BLENDS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

FORCE-PROBE EXPERIMENTS; INTERLEAVE SCANNING; POLYETHYLENE BLEND; TRAPPING MODE;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 1842843025     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2004.01.034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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