Kelvin probe force microscopy in nonpolar liquids

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 39, 2012, Pages 13892-13899

  Domanski, Anna L ^a   Sengupta, Esha ^a   Bley, Karina ^a   Untch, Maria B ^a   Weber, Stefan A L ^a   Landfester, Katharina ^a   Weiss, Clemens K ^a   Butt, Hans Jürgen ^a   Berger, Rüdiger ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION PROCESS; ALKANETHIOLS; AU(111) SURFACES; CONTACT POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; EX SITU; HEXADECANETHIOL; KELVIN PROBE FORCE MICROSCOPY; NANO SPHERE LITHOGRAPHY; NONPOLAR LIQUIDS; PHYSISORBED; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; SAMPLE SURFACE; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE; SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACES; STRUCTURED SURFACES; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; WORK FUNCTION CHANGE;

ADSORPTION; CHEMISORPTION; LITHOGRAPHY; MONOLAYERS; PARAFFINS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES;

WORK FUNCTION;

EID: 84867057694     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la302451h     Document Type: Article

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