AFM study of paraffin wax surfaces

Zbik, M.; Horn, Roger G.; Shaw, N.

doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2006.03.043

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“…X-ray diffraction pattern (described in [2]) of used paraffin wax is shown to belong to orthorhombic space groups Bb2 1 m.…”

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confidence: 99%

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AFM study of forces between silicon oil and hydrophobic–hydrophilic surfaces in aqueous solutions

Zbik

Frost

2010

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

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“…X-ray diffraction pattern (described in [2]) of used paraffin wax is shown to belong to orthorhombic space groups Bb2 1 m.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As a result the flat and smooth paraffin wax surface which has been formed under the salt crystal was chosen as the hydrophobic substrate to force measurements [2]. Comparative measurements were intended to conduct on hydrophobic mica and hydrophilic Teflon and paraffin surfaces.…”

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AFM study of forces between silicon oil and hydrophobic–hydrophilic surfaces in aqueous solutions

Zbik

Frost

2010

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

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“…For example, the surface of paraffin wax cast against various solid surfaces shows different morphologies [16]. In our tests, we observe that different surface textures can be formed on the surface of ink droplets when the droplets impact and solidify on solid surfaces under varied conditions.…”

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Shape and surface texture of molten droplets deposited on cold surfaces

Chandra

Andrews

2008

Surface and Coatings Technology

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“…After preparation, the specimens were submitted to surface characterization using an ICON (Bruker, Germany) AFM. The AFM operating in the peak force tapping (PFT) mode was applied to investigate the topography and adhesion of paraffin coating on Si substrates [22][23][24][25][26][27]. To ensure the accuracy of the experimental results, the cantilever spring constant was calibrated using a pure crystalline silicon sample and a calibration algorithm prior to peak force measurement [28][29][30].…”

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Adhesion Effect on the Hyperfine Frequency Shift of an Alkali Metal Vapor Cell with Paraffin Coating Using Peak-Force Tapping AFM

Wei

Wen

et al. 2020

Coatings

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We have investigated the adhesion effect on the hyperfine frequency shift of an alkali metal vapor cell with paraffin coating using the peak-force tapping AFM (atomic force microscopy) technique by developing a uniform and high-quality paraffin coating method. We observed a relatively uniform temperature field on the substrate can be obtained theoretically and experimentally with the closed-type previse temperature-controlled evaporation method. The roughness and adhesion of the coating surface as low as 0.8 nm and 20 pN were successfully obtained, respectively. Furthermore, the adhesion information dependence of the topography was investigated from the force spectroscopy, which indicates that the adhesion force jumped on the edge of the particles and stepped but remained constant above the particles and steps regardless of their height for paraffin coating. Finally, we can evaluate the relaxation and the hyperfine frequency shift of an alkali metal vapor cell through accurately calculating the surface adsorption energy of the paraffin coating from peak-force tapping information. This finding is crucial for improving the sensitivity of the atomic sensors through directly analyzing the adhesion effect of the paraffin coating films instead of measuring the relaxation times.

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AFM study of paraffin wax surfaces

Cited by 30 publications

References 5 publications

AFM study of forces between silicon oil and hydrophobic–hydrophilic surfaces in aqueous solutions

AFM study of forces between silicon oil and hydrophobic–hydrophilic surfaces in aqueous solutions

Shape and surface texture of molten droplets deposited on cold surfaces

Adhesion Effect on the Hyperfine Frequency Shift of an Alkali Metal Vapor Cell with Paraffin Coating Using Peak-Force Tapping AFM

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