Observations of the topography and friction properties of macromolecular thin films at the nanometer scale

abstract

• The research work in this paper is on the microtribological properties of C60-Pst macromolecular thin films. The C60-polystyrene (C60-Pst) molecule is hyperbranched. AFM/FFM techniques are used for observing the topography and friction properties of surface-modified C60-Pst thin films at the nanometer scale. The synthesized product was analyzed with GPC and FTIR spectrometry. Monolayer and multilayer thin films of C60-Pst macromolecules were prepared using a LB (Langmuir-Blodgett) film technique. The structural and frictional properties of these thin films were tested using AFM/FFM. The topography of the LB film surface, Transference of molecules and friction of C60-Pst thin films using FFM were observed. 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

authors

• Liang, Hong

published proceedings

• Wear

author list (cited authors)

• Shi, B., Lu, X., Zou, R., Luo, J., Chen, D., Liang, H., & Huang, L.

citation count

• 7

complete list of authors

• Shi, Bing||Lu, Xinchun||Zou, Rong||Luo, Jianbin||Chen, Darong||Liang, Hong||Huang, Lan

publication date

• October 2001

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Wear  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/s0043-1648(01)00731-1

start page

• 1177

end page

• 1182

volume

• 251

issue

• 1-12

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0043-1648(01)00731-1