Polymeric and non-polymeric materials often crystallize as spherulites when crystallized
from viscous melts or solutions at large undercooling. The essential component of a …

High-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM) is now materialized. It allows direct
visualization of dynamic structural changes and dynamic processes of functioning biological …

Polymer Microscopy, Third Edition, is a comprehensive and practical guide to the study of
the microstructure of polymers, and is the result of the authors' many years of academic and …

Since its inception in 1986, the field of atomic force microscopy (AFM) has enabled surface
analysis and characterisation with unparalleled resolution in a wide variety of environments …

Over the past two decades atomic force microscopy (AFM) has become one of the most
frequently used tools for studying polymer crystallization. The combination of high resolution …

Composite films of polyethylene oxide/cellulose nanocrystals (PEO/CNCs) comprising up to
75 wt.% CNCs were obtained via solution casting. For the first time, investigations of the …

This chapter is dedicated to the surface morphology and topography analyses of various
types of polymers in terms of their structural conformations and resulting material structures …

Combining atomic force microscopy and ultrasonic methods allows near-field detection of
acoustic signals and thereby otherwise inaccessible nanoscale mechanical …

Controlling polymer thin-film morphology and crystallinity is crucial for a wide range of
applications, particularly in thin-film organic electronic devices. In this work, the …

The atomic force microscope (AFM) has become integrated into standard characterisation
procedures in many different areas of research. Nonetheless, typical imaging rates of …