Quantitative Evaluation of Elastic Modulus of Polymeric Materials: For Material Design/Material Evaluation

User Benefits

- Enables quantitative evaluation of the elastic modulus of polymeric materials. - Supports judgments of the validity of measurements performed.

Introduction

Polymeric materials include rubber and plastics, and are widely used in industrial products. Remarkable improvement has been achieved in their functions, and techniques which enable quantitative evaluation of the nanoscale structure and viscoelasticity of these materials are demanded. This article introduces an example in which the elastic modulus of polymeric materials was measured by using the dedicated nanophysics evaluation software Nano 3D Mapping^TM of the Shimadzu scanning probe microscope (SPM/AFM), and the quantitativeness of the measurement results was verified. The samples used in these measurements were provided by Prof. Ken Nakajima of the School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology.

January 27, 2021 GMT