Utilization of the Electrostatic Force Microscopy for Detection Filler Grains in Nanocomposites

• Authors: A. Sikora
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this article the utilization of electrostatic force microscopy for grains detection of silica nanofiller in epoxy matrix composite is presented. By observation of long-range electrostatic interaction it is possible to reveal the particles inaccessible for the scanning tip.

Keywords

EN

07.79.-v; 68.37.-d; 68.55.aj; 68.55.Nq

Discipline

• 68.55.aj: Insulators
• 68.55.Nq: Composition and phase identification
• 68.37.-d: Microscopy of surfaces, interfaces, and thin films
• 07.79.-v: Scanning probe microscopes and components(see also 68.37.-d Microscopy of surfaces, interfaces, and thin films)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 116
• Issue: S
• Pages: S-102-S-104

Dates

published

2009-12

Contributors

author

A. Sikora

• Electrotechnical Institute, Division of Electrotechnology and Materials Science, M. Skłodowskiej-Curie 55/61, 50-369 Wrocław, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.116.S-102