TY - JOUR A1 - Sturm, Heinz A1 - Schulz, Eckhard T1 - Local AC current contrast on carbon fiber surfaces imaged by scanning force microscopy N2 - After a delamination process in a C-fiber reinforced polymer composite, the identification of the polymer residue of poly-(phenylene sulphide) on carbon fiber surfaces gives important information on the composite failure mechanism. Using scanning force microscopy (SFM) in its lateral force imaging mode or with the stiffness imaging mode, it is almost impossible to distinguish the two composite components owing to a very low material-based contrast of the local friction and compliance. The new technique using contrast based on a local AC current measurement allows a clear identification of the conducting carbon fiber and the non-conducting polymer coverage. KW - Matrix adhesion KW - Films KW - Photoconduction KW - Composites PY - 1995 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/actp.1995.010460505 SN - 0323-7648 SN - 1521-4044 VL - 46 IS - 5 SP - 379 EP - 384 PB - Wiley-VCH Verl. CY - Weinheim, Germany AN - OPUS4-6848 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -