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Atomic force microscopy study of small-size nanotubular polymer thin films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

C. F. Zhu ,
I. Lee ,
J. W. Li ,
C. Wang ,
X. Y. Cao ,
H. Xu  and
R. B. Zhang
C. F. Zhu
Affiliation:
Institute of Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, People's Republic of China
I. Lee
Affiliation:
Institute of Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, People's Republic of China
J. W. Li
Affiliation:
Institute of Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, People's Republic of China
C. Wang
Affiliation:
Institute of Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, People's Republic of China
X. Y. Cao
Affiliation:
Polymer Chemistry Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Science and China Petro-chemical Corporation, Institute of Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, People's Republic of China
H. Xu
Affiliation:
Polymer Chemistry Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Science and China Petro-chemical Corporation, Institute of Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, People's Republic of China
R. B. Zhang
Affiliation:
Polymer Chemistry Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Science and China Petro-chemical Corporation, Institute of Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, People's Republic of China
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Abstract

In this paper, we report atomic force microscopy (AFM) images of a tubular polymer and its supermolecular polymer thin films, operated in contact mode at room temperature in air. The configuration models are also calculated using molecular dynamics. The diameter of the polymer nanotube is about 0.7 nm, the smallest size a tube can have. The results of calculation agree with the experimental results.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , March 1999 , pp. 1084 - 1090
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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