Photothermal AFM-IR offers detailed insights into polymer chemistry, aiding in the identification and quantification of ...

AFM-IR technology provides critical data on polymer compositions and properties, supporting the development of advanced ...

Among these, Young's modulus is a key mechanical property, as it quantifies a material’s stiffness or rigidity.1 Temperature fluctuations can have a significant impact on the mechanical behavior of ...

In the study of polymer crystallization, the AFM probe tip must be contracted to analyze the crystal morphology throughout the scanning. This tool enables acquiring an image with sub-10 nm resolution.

Polymer crystals have a range of melting temperatures, ... Orientation is also not controlled by external triggers such as an electric field 37 or atomic force microscopy (AFM) tips 38.

Two-dimensional synthetic polymers can be produced through solid-state topochemical polymerization, but achieving this through a single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation has not yet been ...

Images taken using an atomic force microscope have allowed researchers to observe, for the first time, the flexible and dynamic changes that occur on the surfaces of 'porous coordination polymer ...

The sense-selectivity packing of the polymer in the 2D crystal is also demonstrated by the presence of separate right- and left-handed coiled-coil superhelices. It is necessary to stress also the ...

Spider silk, bone and wood inspire 3D printed polymers. Last year, Schlüter and his colleagues, together with co-workers in Benjamin King’s group at the University of Nevada Reno reported on monolayer ...

Using a specialized microscope called fast-scanning atomic force microscopy (FS-AFM), the team, led by Associate Professor Ken-ichi Shinohara, captured real-time images of α-CD rings moving along ...