Jp. Yang et al., ATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPIC IMAGING OF THE ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE COPOLYMER ON MICA, Journal of physical chemistry, 98(38), 1994, pp. 9391-9395
Hexane solutions of a maleic anhydride-grafted ethylene-propylene copo
lymer (containing 2% (w/w) maleic anhydride in 60 mol % ethylene/40 mo
l % propylene), E-P(60/40), in several concentrations, have been depos
ited onto freshly cleaved mica surfaces and imaged thereon, in air and
under 1-propanol, by atomic force microscopy. The diameters of aggreg
ated copolymers on the mica have been found to increase with the E-P(6
0/40) concentration.