AFM investigation of micromechanical properties of poly(benzyl ether) dendrimers and their linear polymer analogs Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • Pronounced difference in the behavior between poly(benzyl ether) dendrimers and linear polymers was observed upon micromachining with the tip of an AFM probe. This study investigates whether the observed difference was indeed caused by the difference in their molecular architecture. In order to validate the comparison between these two architectures, the exact linear analogs of poly(benzyl ether) dendrimers, of the same chemical composition, and approximately the same molecular weight, are synthesized.

published proceedings

  • American Chemical Society, Polymer Preprints, Division of Polymer Chemistry

author list (cited authors)

  • Fields, H. R., Kowalewski, T., Schaefer, J., & Wooley, K. L.

complete list of authors

  • Fields, HR||Kowalewski, T||Schaefer, J||Wooley, KL

publication date

  • August 1998