TY - JOUR A1 - Cappella, Brunero A1 - Sturm, Heinz A1 - Schulz, Eckhard T1 - Stiffness and adhesion characterization of nanolithographed poly(methyl methacrylate) by means of force-displacement curves JF - Journal of adhesion science and technology N2 - Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) surfaces have been modified by dynamic plowing lithography. The resulting modified structures, presenting regions of different densities and stiffnesses, have been studied by forceĀ–displacement curves. The elasto-plastic response, the stiffness, and the adhesion of the modified samples have been characterized. ForceĀ–displacement curves are able to distinguish between unmodified PMMA and two different structures resulting from the lithography, i.e. compressed PMMA and low density PMMA. In particular, the low density regions are made up of cluster-like globular particles, whose elasto-plastic response and adhesion are measured and whose contribution to the total elasto-plastic response and to the adhesion has been studied in detail. KW - AFM KW - Lithography KW - Force-displacement curves KW - Stiffness KW - Adhesion KW - Elasto-plastic response PY - 2002 DO - https://doi.org/10.1163/156856102760136472 SN - 0169-4243 SN - 1568-5616 VL - 16 IS - 7 SP - 921 EP - 933 PB - VNU Science Press CY - Utrecht AN - OPUS4-1609 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -