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Retracted:Local increase in stiffness of agarose gel layer by patterning with polylysine measured via atomic force microscopy
No full textFilms of agarose gel impregnated with polylysine spotted from an aqueous solution have been characterized by atomic force microscopy performed in deionized water. An increase in contact stiffness of the composite substrate on the spotted areas has been observed, for increasing polylysine concentration. For the considered agarose layer thickness of ~0:9 μm when dry, the polylysine concentration threshold for stiffening is as low as ~0.1 mg/mL. Above this threshold the stiffening coefficient increases slightly with concentration in the considered range (up to 0.7 mg/mL), reaching a highest value of ~2.3. For concentrations ≥0.3 mg/mL the stiffening at the polylysine spots was also accompanied by a locally lower film thickness. For accurate quantification of the stiffness, representative force-distance curves extracted from the respective regions of interest (spots and agarose substrate off the spots) have been processed. The Hertz model of purely elastic tip-surface interaction has been adopted, with appropriate hypothesis on both tip shape and optimum indentation depth. The resulting Young's moduli of the agarose layer and of the polylysine spots are ~45 kPa and ~95 kPa, respectively, with an estimated uncertainty of ~15%. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd
Micromorphological characterization of polymer-oxide nanocomposite thin films by atomic force microscopy and fractal geometry analysis
No full textSolvent Effects on the Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Poly(methyl methacrylate) Casted from Concentrated Solutions
No full textAnodization of aluminium coated atomic force microscopy microcantilevers for conversion of the coating into nanoporous alumina
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Surfactant-Induced Thermomechanical and Morphological Changes in TiO2-Polystyrene Nanocomposites
No full textImprovement of thermal stability of poly(methyl methacrylate) by incorporation of colloidal TiO(2) nanorods
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