Elastic modulus of nanostructured polymer surfaces
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-15-2012
Abstract
Living cell cultures exhibit improved adhesion on polymer surfaces engineered with nano-scale structures as compared to their flat counterparts. During fabrication their polymer-chain structure can be altered, thus affecting their mechanical properties. Here, we demonstrate using atomic-force-microscope nanoindentation that the modulus of nanostructured PDMS is doubled, while that of nanostructured ORMOCER increases by an order of magnitude, when compared to their flat counterparts. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Publication Title
Materials Letters
Recommended Citation
Tang, B.,
Aifantis, K.,
&
Ngan, A.
(2012).
Elastic modulus of nanostructured polymer surfaces.
Materials Letters,
67(1), 237-240.
http://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2011.08.107
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