Advantage of the scanning tunnelling microscope in documenting changes in carbon fibre surface morphology brought about by various surface treatments

Autor:	W. C. Hurley, T. W. Owens, H. T. Phan, W. P. Hoffman
Rok vydání:	1991
Předmět:	Argon Microscope Materials science Mechanical Engineering chemistry.chemical_element Nanotechnology Microstructure Oxygen law.invention Surface area chemistry Mechanics of Materials law General Materials Science Nanometre Composite material Scanning tunneling microscope Quantum tunnelling
Zdroj:	Journal of Materials Science. 26:4545-4553
ISSN:	1573-4803 0022-2461
DOI:	10.1007/bf00612388
Popis:	The scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) was used to examine the surfaces of P-55 pitch-based carbon fibres before and after they had experienced various surface treatments (to < 1% weight loss), which included treatment in an argon plasma, as well as oxidation in air at elevated temperature, oxygen plasma at room temperature, nitric acid bath, and an electrochemical bath. The effects of these surface treatments on the filaments could be differentiated from the micrometre scale down to the nanometre scale. The STM has been shown to be a valuable tool for viewing the surface morphology of these 10 μm filaments non-destructively in air down to the atomic scale.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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