Surface roughness has a strong influence on polymer properties, affecting the surface wettability, friction, and adhesion, as well as optoelectronic properties such as photon absorption, light reflection, etc.
On this application report we use the new atomic force microscope (AFM) from Anton Paar, the Tosca 400, to characterise several engineering polymers at production stage.
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And not a moment too soon, if the following exchange broadcast last Friday 13th June, on the Radio 4 ´Rare Earth´ program (link below, ~ 17 minutes...