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Liquid‐Mediated Three‐Dimensional Scanning Probe Nanosculpting
Author(s) -
Gan Tiansheng,
Zhou Xuechang,
Ma Chunfeng,
Liu Xuqing,
Xie Zhuang,
Zhang Guangzhao,
Zheng Zijian
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201300238
Subject(s) - materials science , polymer , substrate (aquarium) , atomic force microscopy , scanning force microscopy , in situ , nanotechnology , scanning probe microscopy , functional polymers , chemical engineering , composite material , chemistry , copolymer , organic chemistry , oceanography , engineering , geology
3D functional polymer brushes are fabricated by liquid‐mediated scanning probe nanosculpting (LSPN). Surface‐tethered functional polymer brushes, which are immersed in their good solvent, are mechanically cleaved away from the substrate by the AFM tip at high forces, and immediately imaged in situ with the same AFM tip at low applied forces.