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Title: Spatially resolved quantitative mapping of thermomechanical properties and phase transition temperatures using scanning probe microscopy

Abstract

An approach for the thermomechanical characterization of phase transitions in polymeric materials (polyethyleneterephthalate) by band excitation acoustic force microscopy is developed. This methodology allows the independent measurement of resonance frequency, Q factor, and oscillation amplitude of a tip-surface contact area as a function of tip temperature, from which the thermal evolution of tip-surface spring constant and mechanical dissipation can be extracted. A heating protocol maintained a constant tip-surface contact area and constant contact force, thereby allowing for reproducible measurements and quantitative extraction of material properties including temperature dependence of indentation-based elastic and loss moduli.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1087897
Patent Number(s):
8484759
Application Number:
12/857,894
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01Q - SCANNING-PROBE TECHNIQUES OR APPARATUS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Jesse, Stephen, Kalinin, Sergei V, and Nikiforov, Maxim P. Spatially resolved quantitative mapping of thermomechanical properties and phase transition temperatures using scanning probe microscopy. United States: N. p., 2013. Web.
Jesse, Stephen, Kalinin, Sergei V, & Nikiforov, Maxim P. Spatially resolved quantitative mapping of thermomechanical properties and phase transition temperatures using scanning probe microscopy. United States.
Jesse, Stephen, Kalinin, Sergei V, and Nikiforov, Maxim P. Tue . "Spatially resolved quantitative mapping of thermomechanical properties and phase transition temperatures using scanning probe microscopy". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1087897.
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Method and apparatus for performing localized thermal analysis and sub-surface imaging by scanning thermal microscopy
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