Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spatially resolved quantitative mapping of thermomechanical properties and phase transition temperatures using scanning probe microscopy
- Patent Title (中): 使用扫描探针显微镜空间解析热力学性质和相变温度的定量映射
-
Application No.: US12857894Application Date: 2010-08-17
-
Publication No.: US08484759B2Publication Date: 2013-07-09
- Inventor: Stephen Jesse , Sergei V. Kalinin , Maxim P. Nikiforov
- Applicant: Stephen Jesse , Sergei V. Kalinin , Maxim P. Nikiforov
- Applicant Address: US TN Oak Ridge
- Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
- Current Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Oak Ridge
- Agency: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
- Main IPC: G01Q60/58
- IPC: G01Q60/58

Abstract:
An approach for the thermomechanical characterization of phase transitions in polymeric materials (polyethyleneterephthalate) by band excitation acoustic force microscopy is developed. This methodology allows the independent measurement of resonance frequency, Q factor, and oscillation amplitude of a tip-surface contact area as a function of tip temperature, from which the thermal evolution of tip-surface spring constant and mechanical dissipation can be extracted. A heating protocol maintained a constant tip-surface contact area and constant contact force, thereby allowing for reproducible measurements and quantitative extraction of material properties including temperature dependence of indentation-based elastic and loss moduli.
Public/Granted literature
Information query