Measuring the Interfacial Thickness of Immiscible Polymer Blends by Nano-probing of Atomic Force Microscopy

Tian-Tian Li; Si-Bo Cheng; Lian-Fang Feng; Xue-Ping Gu; Cai-Liang Zhang; Guo-Hua Hu

doi:10.1007/s10118-022-2682-8

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Measuring the Interfacial Thickness of Immiscible Polymer Blends by Nano-probing of Atomic Force Microscopy

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- Measuring the Interfacial Thickness of Immiscible Polymer Blends by Nano-probing of Atomic Force Microscopy
- Measuring the Interfacial Thickness of Immiscible Polymer Blends by Nano-probing of Atomic Force Microscopy
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science 2022年40卷第4期页码：421-430
- Affiliations：
  
  a.State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
  b.Institute of Zhejiang University–Quzhou, Quzhou 324000, China
  c.CNRS-Université de Lorraine, Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des Procédés (LRGP, CNRS UMR 7274), 1 rue Grandville, BP 20451, 54001 Nancy, France
- Author bio：
  
  zhangcailiang@zju.edu.cn (C.L.Z.)
  guo-hua.hu@univ-lorraine.fr (G.H.H.)
- Funds：
  
  The authors thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51973193) and the State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering (No. SKL-ChE-13D) for their financial support.
- DOI：10.1007/s10118-022-2682-8
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- 收稿：2021-11-06，
  
  修回：2021-12-9，
  
  录用：2021-12-13，
  
  网络首发：2022-02-12，
  
  纸质出版：2022-04-01
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Li, T. T.; Cheng, S. B.; Feng, L. F.; Gu, X. P.; Zhang, C. L.; Hu, G. H. Measuring the interfacial thickness of immiscible polymer blends by nano-probing of atomic force microscopy. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2022, 40, 421–430

Tian-Tian Li, Si-Bo Cheng, Lian-Fang Feng, et al. Measuring the Interfacial Thickness of Immiscible Polymer Blends by Nano-probing of Atomic Force Microscopy[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2022, 40(4): 421-430.
Li, T. T.; Cheng, S. B.; Feng, L. F.; Gu, X. P.; Zhang, C. L.; Hu, G. H. Measuring the interfacial thickness of immiscible polymer blends by nano-probing of atomic force microscopy. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2022, 40, 421–430 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-022-2682-8.

Tian-Tian Li, Si-Bo Cheng, Lian-Fang Feng, et al. Measuring the Interfacial Thickness of Immiscible Polymer Blends by Nano-probing of Atomic Force Microscopy[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2022, 40(4): 421-430. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-022-2682-8.

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Abstract

Immiscible polymer blends are an important family of polymer materials. The interfacial thickness between different phases is a very important parameter that dictates

to a great extent

the morphology and properties of such a blend. This work explores and optimizes an up-to-date atomic force microscopy (AFM) of type NanoIR2

system in order to quantitatively measure the interfacial thickness of immiscible polymer blends. This system is equipped with two nano-probes capable of detecting the response of a material to an infrared pulse called AFM-infrared spectroscopy mode (AFM-IR) or conducting resonance called AFM-Lorentz Contact Resonance mode (AFM-LCR)

respectively. Its potential for quantitatively measuring the interfacial thickness of immiscible polymer blends is evaluated using blends composed of polyamide 6 (PA6) and polyolefin elastomer (POE) in the presence or absence of a POE containing maleic anhydride (POE-

-MAH) as a compatibilizer. Surface roughness affects adversely the signal intensity and consequently an accurate measurement of the interfacial thickness. Optimum sample surface preparation procedures are proposed.

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