TY - JOUR
T1 - Three-dimensional imaging of polymer materials by Scanning Probe Tomography
AU - Alekseev, Alexander
AU - Efimov, Anton
AU - Loos, Joachim
AU - Matsko, Nadejda
AU - Syurik, Julia
N1 - Funding Information:
Work of A.A. and J.S. was supported by The Ministry of education and science of Russian Federation projects 14.A18.21.0887, 14.A18.21.1955. A.A. also acknowledges EPSRC grant EP/I013288/1. Work of A.E. was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant No. 11-02-00369-a ).
Copyright:
Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - Scanning Probe Tomography (SPT) is a new method for nanoscale volume imaging of sample morphology and property distribution based on Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM). In this review we describe and discuss recent results obtained with different SPT techniques on polymer samples. The design of the existing SPM based instruments used for tomography in principle allows for volume reconstruction of any kind of mechanical, functional or chemical property distribution, which can be measured by SPM. We describe some recent volume reconstruction results from several types of polymer materials and critically discuss limitations and future prospects of SPM tomography.
AB - Scanning Probe Tomography (SPT) is a new method for nanoscale volume imaging of sample morphology and property distribution based on Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM). In this review we describe and discuss recent results obtained with different SPT techniques on polymer samples. The design of the existing SPM based instruments used for tomography in principle allows for volume reconstruction of any kind of mechanical, functional or chemical property distribution, which can be measured by SPM. We describe some recent volume reconstruction results from several types of polymer materials and critically discuss limitations and future prospects of SPM tomography.
KW - Scanning Probe Microscopy
KW - Scanning Probe Tomography
KW - Three-dimensional reconstruction
KW - Tomography
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U2 - 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2014.01.003
DO - 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2014.01.003
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84893036606
VL - 52
SP - 154
EP - 165
JO - European Polymer Journal
JF - European Polymer Journal
SN - 0014-3057
IS - 1
ER -