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EPSRC Reference: GR/K88071/02
Title: A LOCAL ADHESION PROBE BASED ON THE SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPE
Principal Investigator: Leggett, Professor G
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ICI
Department: Chemistry
Organisation: UMIST
Scheme: Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 01 April 1998 Ends: 30 November 1998 Value (£): 53,985
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Materials Characterisation
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Manufacturing Chemicals
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SPM cantilevers will be functionalised by first, costings with a thin layer of gold and second, the adsorption of a self-assembled monolayer of alkyl thiols functionalised with methyl, hydroxyl and carboxylic acid tall groups. The interaction (adhesion) forces between functionalised tips and a variety of surfaces will be measured (including single- and mixed-component SAMs). Photopatterned SAMs will be imaged to evaluate the utility of the functionalised probe as a local adhesion probe (LAP). Interaction forces between the LAP and plasma-treated polymers will be explored, and plasma-patterned polymers (prepared by using a mask during treatment) will be examined.
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