Measuring mechanical properties of polyelectrolyte multilayer thin films: Novel methods based on AFM and optical techniques

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 303, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 30-36

  Picart, Catherine ^a   Senger, Bernard ^a,b   Sengupta, Kheya ^c   Dubreuil, Frédéric ^d   Fery, Andreas ^d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

AFM; Force spectroscopy; Membranes; Microinterferometry; Thin polymeric films

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; ENCAPSULATION; INTERFEROMETRY; MULTILAYERS; POLYELECTROLYTES;

FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROINTERFEROMETRY; MULTILAYER SYSTEMS; THIN POLYMERIC FILMS;

POLYMER FILMS;

POLYELECTROLYTE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FILM; MATERIAL COATING; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34249326520     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2007.02.015     Document Type: Article

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