Jp. Pickering et Gj. Vancso, APPARENT CONTRAST REVERSAL IN TAPPING MODE ATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPE IMAGES ON FILMS OF POLYSTYRENE-B-POLYISOPRENE-B-POLYSTYRENE, Polymer bulletin, 40(4-5), 1998, pp. 549-554
Thin films of phase separated polystyrene-b-polyisoprene-b-polystyrene
block copolymers were studied by tapping mode atomic force microscopy
. The relative contrast in height and phase mode images of the phase s
eparated regions was found to be very sensitive to changes in the oper
ating conditions of the microscope. Contrast variations and reversals
were observed for height and phase mode images as a function of the se
tpoint amplitude ratio and drive frequency. No unique height or phase
contrast was observed for the the tri-block copolymer system examined
in this study.