SEM and SAM imaging of silane LB films on metallic substrates

Autor: Michael Wolpers, Martin Stratmann, Helmut Viefhaus
Rok vydání: 1990
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Zdroj: Applied Surface Science. 45:167-170
ISSN: 0169-4332
DOI: 10.1016/0169-4332(90)90067-a
Popis: Monomolecular Langmuir-Blodgett films of silanes have been prepared on water by using a computer-controlled Langmuir balance. The LB films were transferred from the fluid to solid substrates like Fe, Cr and Ni/Cr alloy. By using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and scanning Auger microscopy (SAM) it was shown that both methods allowed very easy identification of covered and uncovered areas of the solid substrate. Most probably a separation of the LB film occurs during transfer from the fluid to the solid substrate leading to the observed island structure of the LB films on the solids.
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