Investigations on sub-structures within cavities of surface imprinted polymers using AFM and PF-QNM
Martin Werner, Matthias S. Glück, Birgit Bräuer, Alexander Bismarck, Peter A. Lieberzeit
Abstract
Peak-Force QNM AFM shows that adhesion of bacteria imprints differs from those of the polymer surface. It also reveals fine structures of bacteria surfaces transferred to imprints in both thin films and microparticles.
Topics & Concepts
Imprinting (psychology)Materials sciencePolymerNanotechnologyPolymerizationMolecular imprintingNanostructureSurface roughnessChemistryComposite materialSelectivityOrganic chemistryCatalysisGeneBiochemistryPolymer Surface Interaction StudiesPickering emulsions and particle stabilizationAnalytical chemistry methods development