Probing the Water Uptake and Phase State of Individual Sucrose Nanoparticles Using Atomic Force Microscopy
Chamika K. Madawala, Hansol D. Lee, Chathuri P. Kaluarachchi, Alexei V. Tivanski
Abstract
Pa s, respectively. This work demonstrates that measurements of the phase state using AFM are applicable to nanosized particles, even when the substrate alters the shape of semisolid nanoparticles and alters the GF.
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