Imaging Soft Materials with Scanning Probe Microscopy:
Caption: (a) Intermittent contact mode ambient atomic force microscopy topography image of an individual DNA molecule on mica. (b) Non-contact mode ambient atomic force microscopy phase image of acrylic latex nanoparticles.
Relevant Publications:
[1] K. R. Shull, E. F. Martin, P. L. Drzal, M. C. Hersam, A. Markowitz, and R. McSwain, “Adhesive transfer of thin viscoelastic films,” Langmuir, in press, 2004.
[2] J. C. Stendahl, E. R. Zubarev, M. S. Arnold, M. C. Hersam, H.-J. Sue, and S. I. Stupp, “Structural modifications to polystyrene via self-assembling molecules,” Adv. Func. Mater., in press, 2004.
[3] M. E. Greene, C. R. Kinser, D. E. Kramer, L. S. C. Pingree, and M. C. Hersam, “Application of scanning probe microscopy to the characterization and fabrication of hybrid nanomaterials,” Microscopy Research and Technique, in press, 2004.
[4] E. F. Fabbroni, K. R. Shull, and M. C. Hersam, “Adhesive and mechanical properties of soft nanocomposites: Model studies with blended latex films,” J. Polym. Sci. Polym. Phys., 39, 3090 (2001).
Collaborators: Jon Widom (NU Biology), Ken Shull (NU MSE)