Nanoscale dielectric properties of insulating thin films: From single point measurements to quantitative images

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 634-638

  Riedel, C ^a,b,c   Schwartz, G A ^a   Arinero, R ^c   Tordjeman, P ^d   Levcque G ^c   Alegria A ^a,e   Colmenero, J ^a,b,e  

^a CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^d IMFT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

AFM; Dielectric permittivity; Glass transition; Local properties; Nano dielectric; Polymer

Indexed keywords

AFM; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITY; DIELECTRIC POLYMERS; LOCAL PROPERTY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PERMITTIVITY; POLYMERS; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

GLASS; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FILM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953621524     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2010.02.024     Document Type: Article

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