Scanning Probe Microscopy of Polymers (ACS Symposium Series) - Hardcover

Buddy D. Ratner, University of Washington. Vladimir V. Tsukruk, Western Michigan University.

"An introductory chapter, specifically written as a comprehensive guide for the reader, covers the basic principles, specific terminology, current trends and limitations and contains a rich bibliography. . .The first section includes a review on morphological studies of polyethylene single crystals. . .as well as papers on epitaxial crystallization of polypropylene, unaxially oriented fibers and fibrillar structures formed from biopolymers. . .The second section deals with polymer composites, carbon filled polymers and anisotropic conjugated polymer films. In the third section some studies on Langmuir-Blodgett films are present." --Polymer News

"Reports on recent research in the field, offering 21 papers by contributors from 12 countries. An introductory chapter overviews basic principles and explains terminology and trends. The first three sections are devoted to surface morphology and microstructure of various polymer surfaces by different scanning probe microscopy (SPM) modes. Section IV discusses nanoprobing of polymer surface properties, and a final section describes the latest developments in SPM applications. Developed from an August 1996 symposium."--SciTech Book News

"The stated purpose of this book is to . . . stimulate discussion of scanning probe microscopy (SPM) applications among a wide community of polymer scientists. The book is organized into 21 chapters with a total of 367 pages, which are divided into six parts. Each chapter begins with an abstract and ends with references. Part I consists of Chapter 1, which provides a thorough introduction to SPM in polymers. Polymer morphology and structure are the main themes of Parts II, III and IV. Four chapters of Part II (Chapters 2-5) deal with polymer single crystals and fibrillar structures. There are six contributions in Part III (Chapters 6-11) dealing with polymer composites and biopolymers. Three contributions on Langmuir-Blogget films are presented in Part IV (Chapters 12-14). Part V has three chapters devoted to the study of local surface properties of polymers (Chapters 15-17). There are four contributions in Part VI concerned with the development of SPM techniques."--Scanning