STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS IN NANO-SCALE
(0) Recently, there have been many attempts to develop nano-structured polymeric materials to satisfy the ever-increasing demand to accommodate a green and sustainable society. This demand requires such materials to be multi-functional and high performance. Therefore, research and development into structure optimization and related processing development for polymer alloys and polymer-based composites have become more important subjects. This situation accelerates the development of evaluation techniques that have nanometer-scale resolution. To date, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has been widely used for this purpose. However, TEM technique cannot probe the mechanical properties of such materials in general. The realization of much higher performance materials requires an evaluation technique that enables us to investigate topological and mechanical properties at the same point and the same time. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is clearly an appropriate candidate because it has almost comparable resolution with TEM. Furthermore, mechanical properties can be readily obtained by AFM due to the fact that the sharp probe tip attached to the soft cantilever directly touches on the materials in question.
Toshio NISHT Ken NAKAJIMA
WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University, JAPAN
国际会议
PP’2010，Jinan International Symposium on Polymer Physics(2010济南国际高分子物理学术研讨会)
济南
英文
35-36
2010-06-06（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）