atomic force microscopy (AFM); single molecule force spectroscopy; tip modification
Abstract :
[en] We show that a reactive polymer can be directly grafted from commercial Si3Nx SPM tips, without any intermediate layer. The conditions can be chosen to achieve either an isolated mushroom regime, with only one or a few chains accessible at the tip apex, or a brush regime.
Disciplines :
Materials science & engineering Chemistry
Author, co-author :
Gabriel, Sabine ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Department of Chemistry > Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Jérôme, Christine ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Department of Chemistry > Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Jérôme, Robert ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Department of Chemistry > Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Fustin, Charles-André; Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) > Chemistry > Chemistry of Inorganic and Organic Materials Unit (CMAT)
Pallandre, Antoine; Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) > Laboratory for Physics and Chemistry of Polymers (POLY)
Plain, Jérôme; Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) > Laboratory for Physics and Chemistry of Polymers (POLY)
Jonas, Alain M.; Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) > Laboratory for Physics and Chemistry of Polymers (POLY)
Duwez, Anne-Sophie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Department of Chemistry > NanoChemistry and Molecular Systems
Language :
English
Title :
One-step polymer grafting from silicon nitride SPM probes: From isolated chains to brush regime
Publication date :
11 July 2007
Journal title :
Journal of the American Chemical Society
ISSN :
0002-7863
eISSN :
1520-5126
Publisher :
Amer Chemical Soc, Washington, United States - Washington
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