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Subsurface Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes in Polymer Composites via Quantitative Electric Force Microscopy

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Author(s)

Minhua Zhao, Xiaohong Gu, Sharon E. Lowther, Cheol Park, Jerry Jean, Tinh Nguyen

Abstract

In this study, quantitative Electric Force Microscopy (EFM) characterization of CNTs dispersed in free-standing polymer composite films is pursued. The effect of experimental parameters including humidity conditions, EFM probe geometry, tip-sample distance, and bias voltage on the EFM contrast is studied. A new mechanism for subsurface EFM contrast of CNTs is proposed based on the experimental findings. We anticipate that quantitative EFM technique will be a powerful tool for subsurface characterization of high dielectric nanostructures in low dielectric materials, with a broad range of applications in nanotechnology.
Citation
Nanotechnology
Volume
21
Issue
225702
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

Electric Force Microscopy, EFM, SPM, subsurface, carbon nanotube, CNT, polymer composites
Materials and Nanometrology

Citation

Zhao, M. , Gu, X. , Lowther, S. , Park, C. , Jean, J. and Nguyen, T. (2010), Subsurface Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes in Polymer Composites via Quantitative Electric Force Microscopy, Nanotechnology (Accessed October 11, 2025)

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Created February 3, 2010, Updated February 19, 2017
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