%0 Journal Article
%T Evaluating Mechanical Properties of Polymers at the Nanoscale Level via Atomic Force Microscopy¨CInfrared Spectroscopy
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%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.8b00243
%X High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide The characterization and the optimization of packaging materials require accessing their composition with nanometric precision. A possible solution comes from atomic force microscopy¨Cinfrared spectroscopy (AFM¨CIR), capable of acquiring IR spectra with a spatial resolution surpassing the limit of infrared spectroscopy by far. Differentiating polyolefins, a typical component of packaging films, is complicated by the large similarity in the infrared response of this class of materials. Here, we propose a method with which to improve domains differentiation based on the analysis of IR spectra and viscoelastic properties, extracted via a routine similar to that employed in contact-resonance AFM
%U https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsapm.8b00243