SKELETONIZATION OF MIXED ARACHIDIC ACID CADMIUM ARACHIDATE LB FILMS -A STUDY USING ATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPY/

Authors
EVENSON SA BADYAL JPS PEARSON C PETTY MC
Citation
Sa. Evenson et al., SKELETONIZATION OF MIXED ARACHIDIC ACID CADMIUM ARACHIDATE LB FILMS -A STUDY USING ATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPY/, Advanced materials, 9(1), 1997, pp. 58
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science
Journal title
Advanced materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
09359648
Volume
9
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0935-9648(1997)9:1<58:SOMAAC>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
The microscopic structure of skeletonized films of cadmium arachidate has been studied by atomic force microscopy (AFM)-skeletonization is t he removal of free acid from a mixed Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) film consi sting of a fatty acid salt and the free acid. The preparation of the L B films and the AFM methods used are detailed, AFM images and results from a two-dimensional fast Fourier transform analysis are discussed, and factors affecting the overall cadmium arachidate content of the tr ansferred film are considered.