Metrology & Instrumentation: Polymer Imaging

During past years we have developed active partnerships with following Professors and their research groups

• Prof. Ed Kramer (UCSB, Santa Barbara CA, USA),
• Prof. Yuli Godovsky (Karpov抯 Institute of Physical Chemistry, Moscow, Russia)
• Prof. Martin Moeller (Aachen University and German Wool Institute, Aachen, Germany),
• Prof. Virgil Percec (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia),
• Prof. Julia Higgins (Imperial College, London, UK)
• Prof. Dimitri Ivanov (Free University, Brussels, Belgium)
• Prof. Moonhor Ree (Postech, Pohang, Korea),
• Prof. Chang Ryu (RPI, NY USA)
• Prof. Goran Ungar (Sheffield University, UK)
• Prof. Darrell Reneker (Akron University, OH)
• Prof. Sergei Nazarenko (Case Western Reserve University, OH)
• Prof. Zoran Petrovich (Pittsburg State University, KS)
• Prof. Sergei Sheiko (UNC, Chapel Hill, NC)
• Dr. Pirjo Jasskelainen (Borrealis, Norway)
• Prof. Nicholas Kotov ( University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Besides these groups, we have enjoyed short-term visits to our laboratory by following scientists:

• Dr. Sergei Ponomarenko (Moscow State University)
• Dr. Chris Harrison (NIST)
• Dr. Michael Fasolka (NIST)
• Dr. Christian Froeck (Institute of Polymers, Dresden, Germany)

• Introduction
• Scope of AFM Applications
• AFM Instrumentation
• Operational Modes
• AFM Probes For the Studies of Polymers
• Sample Preparation
• Standard Test Samples
• Latest Publications
• Partnership and Cooperation
• Consulting and Contract Work
• Image Kaleidoscope