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Characterization of poly(1-butene) surfaces by scanning tunneling microscopy

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Poly(1-butene) (PB-1) films drawn from the melt have been deposited on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) substrates for investigation with the scanning tunneling microscope (STM). The STM investigations showed images of PB-1 flakes extending over some hundred nanometers. Their thickness was determined to be much larger than the normal tunneling distance established between the tip and a good conducting (metallic) sample surface. Close to monomolecular film steps, our STM measurements simultaneously revealed both the atomic resolution of the HOPG substrate and a superlattice showing an ordered structure pseudomorphic to the helical nature of the PB-1 macromolecule.

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  1. Polymer Research Division, ZKL/T-J543, BASF AG, W-6700, Ludwigshafen, Germany

    H. Fuchs, L. M. Eng & R. Sander

  2. Polymer Composites Group, TU Hamburg-Harburg, Harburger Schloßstrasse 20, W-2100, Hamburg 90, Germany

    J. Petermann, K. D. Jandt & T. Hoffmann

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Fuchs, H., Eng, L.M., Sander, R. et al. Characterization of poly(1-butene) surfaces by scanning tunneling microscopy. Polymer Bulletin 26, 95–100 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00299353

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