Abstract
The ability of dynamic force microscopy to assess variations in dissipative character and disorder on a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) film has been demonstrated. In this paper, this method is used to characterize dissimilar mesoscopic components of an ultrathin PVA film in both non-contact and intermittent-contact regimes. Intermittent-content phase images of film components are interpreted with the aid of friction and stiffness signatures acquired in other imaging modes, cognizant of the ability of PVA to crystallize to a variable degree.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | American Chemical Society, Polymer Preprints, Division of Polymer Chemistry |
| Editors | Anon |
| Publisher | ACS |
| Pages | 1189-1190 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Edition | 2 |
| State | Published - Aug 1998 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1997 Boston Meeting - Boston, MA, USA Duration: Aug 23 1998 → Aug 27 1998 |
Other
| Other | Proceedings of the 1997 Boston Meeting |
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| City | Boston, MA, USA |
| Period | 8/23/98 → 8/27/98 |