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Viscoelastic properties of the interphase in fibre reinforced polymers - measurement and simulation
(1999)
Applying a high-frequency lateral vibration between tip and sample in a scanning force microscope (SFM), a harmonically modulated lateral (friction) force image can be obtained using lock-in techniques. Harmonically modulated lateral force microscopy (HM-LFM) offers several advantages compared with standard lateral force microscopy (LFM). After a brief investigation of the scan velocity dependence of LFM and HM-LFM, two samples were investigated. First, the surface of a poly(acrylonitrile-co-styrene)/polybutadiene blend (ABS) was used to demonstrate the ability of the new technique to decrease the stick effects of the SFM tip. Second, an interface between two chemically very similar polymers was prepared by melting polypropylene (PP) and poly(propene-block-ethene) (PP-block-PE) films on each other. After cutting, the surface roughness of this sample was very high. It is shown that only HM-LFM clearly resolves the local micromechanical properties without artefacts.