Abstract
Force spectroscopy of the MAC Mode atomic mode microscope (AFM) has been used to probe ordered liquid molecules of OMCTS and mesitylene at the graphite surface with sub-angstrom vertical distance resolution. The interaction force obtained from the spectra showed details well under 1 pN, more than one order of magnitude better than what a conventional contact mode AFM can resolve. Elastic compliance at the center of each layer was found to exponentially decrease versus the number of layers.
| 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 | 1195-1196 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Edition | 2 |
| State | Published - Aug 1998 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| 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 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Polymers and Plastics