New method for chemical characterization of polymer materials in industrial devices : AFM-IR with FIB sample preparation

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoki Baden ◽  
Mitsunobu Yasuda ◽  
Akiyo Yoshida ◽  
Naoki Muraki
Keyword(s):  
Sample Preparation ◽  
Chemical Characterization ◽  
Polymer Materials ◽  
New Method

scholarly journals Recent Applications of Advanced Atomic Force Microscopy in Polymer Science: A Review

Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phuong Nguyen-Tri ◽  
Payman Ghassemi ◽  
Pascal Carriere ◽  
Sonil Nanda ◽  
Aymen Amine Assadi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atomic Force Microscopy ◽  
Chemical Characterization ◽  
Super Resolution ◽  
Polymeric Materials ◽  
Polymer Materials ◽  
Polymer Science ◽  
Force Microscopy ◽  
Atomic Force ◽  
Nanoscale Characterization

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been extensively used for the nanoscale characterization of polymeric materials. The coupling of AFM with infrared spectroscope (AFM-IR) provides another advantage to the chemical analyses and thus helps to shed light upon the study of polymers. This paper reviews some recent progress in the application of AFM and AFM-IR in polymer science. We describe the principle of AFM-IR and the recent improvements to enhance its resolution. We also discuss the latest progress in the use of AFM-IR as a super-resolution correlated scanned-probe infrared spectroscopy for the chemical characterization of polymer materials dealing with polymer composites, polymer blends, multilayers, and biopolymers. To highlight the advantages of AFM-IR, we report several results in studying the crystallization of both miscible and immiscible blends as well as polymer aging. Finally, we demonstrate how this novel technique can be used to determine phase separation, spherulitic structure, and crystallization mechanisms at nanoscales, which has never been achieved before. The review also discusses future trends in the use of AFM-IR in polymer materials, especially in polymer thin film investigation.

scholarly journals Recent Progressive Use of Advanced Atomic Force Microscopy in Polymer Science: A Review

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phuong Nguyen-Tri ◽  
Payman Ghassemin ◽  
Pascal Carriere ◽  
Aymen Amine Assadi ◽  
Dinh Duc Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Atomic Force Microscopy ◽  
Chemical Characterization ◽  
Super Resolution ◽  
Polymeric Materials ◽  
Polymer Materials ◽  
Polymer Science ◽  
Force Microscopy ◽  
Atomic Force ◽  
Nanoscale Characterization

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been extensively used for the nanoscale characterization of polymeric materials. The coupling of AFM with infrared spectroscope (AFM-IR) provides another advantage to the chemical analyses and thus helps to shed light upon the study of polymers. In this perspective paper, we review recent progress in the use of AFM-IR in polymer science. We describe first the principle of AFM-IR and the recent improvements to enhance its resolution. We discuss then the last progress in the use of AFM-IR as a super-resolution correlated scanned-probe IR spectroscopy for chemical characterization of polymer materials dealing with polymer composites, polymer blends, multilayers and biopolymers. To highlight the advantages of AFM-IR, we report here several results in studying crystallization of both miscible and immiscible blends as well as polymer aging. Then, we demonstrate how this novel technique can be used to determine phase separation, spherulitic structure and crystallization mechanisms at the nanoscale, which have never been achieved before. The review also discusses future trends in the use of AFM-IR in polymer materials, especially in polymer thin film investigation.

A new method for characterization of domain morphology of polymer blends using RuO4 staining and LVSEM

1996 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 190-191
Author(s):  
G. M. Brown ◽  
J. H. Butler
Keyword(s):  
Sample Preparation ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
New Method ◽  
Staining Solution ◽  
Blend Morphology ◽  
Extruded Films ◽  
Molded Parts ◽  
Glass Knife

Ruthenium tetroxide (RuO4) staining for TEM is a well proven technique for the characterization of crystalline polyolefins. Blend morphology has also been studied using RuO4 staining and SEM and low voltage SEM. A new method has been developed which uses RuO4 staining and LVSEM in the characterization of polyolefin blend morphology, specifically blends of polypropylene modified by the addition of elastomers or plastics. This method is often preferred over TEM for the characterization of blends and is applicable to many problems encountered in commercial and industrial laboratories including the analysis of domain morphology in molded parts, extruded films and fibers, failure analysis, and the analysis of layer morphology in certain coextruded films.Three sample preparation steps are required prior to the LVSEM analysis. (1) The sample face is cryogenically sectioned on a glass knife in the cryomicrotome. (2) This face is stained in RuO4 vapors for 2.5 hours. The staining solution is prepared in situ by a modification of the method of Montezinos.

Olfactory and Chemical Characterization of Indoor Air-Towards a Psychophysical Model for Air Quality

1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birgitta Berglund ◽  
Ulf Berglund ◽  
Thomas Lindvall ◽  
Helene Nicander-Bredberg
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Chemical Characterization

PURIFICATION AND PARTIAL CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SHEEP NEUROPHYSIN

1973 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Chrétien ◽  
Claude Gilardeau
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Chemical Characterization ◽  
Terminal Amino Acid ◽  
Amino Acid Determination ◽  
Pituitary Glands ◽  
Terminal Amino ◽  
Partial Chemical ◽  
Acid Determination

ABSTRACT A protein isolated from ovine pituitary glands has been purified, and its homogeneity assessed by NH2- and COOH-terminal amino acid determination, ultracentrifugation studies, and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis after carboxymethylation. Its chemical and immunochemical properties are closely similar to those of beef and pork neurophysins, less similar to those of human neurophysins. It contains no tryptophan (like other neurophysins) or histidine (like all except bovine neurophysin-I and human neurophysins). It has alanine at the NH2-terminus and valine at the COOH-terminus. Its amino acid composition is similar to, but not identical with those of porcine and bovine neurophysins.

Laboratory Methods for the Physico-Chemical Characterization of Recombinant Allergens as Reference Standards

Alergologia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Mariana Vieru ◽  
Florin-Dan Popescu ◽  
Laura Haidar ◽  
Carmen Bunu-Panaitescu
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Characterization ◽  
Reference Standards ◽  
Recombinant Allergens ◽  
Laboratory Methods ◽  
Physico Chemical
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