Recent Advances in Characterization Techniques for the Interface in Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Polymer Nanocomposites

Figure 6

Scanning electron microscopy images of the (a) bottom and (b) side of a peeling atomic force microscope probe with a length of 2.2 μm and of the (c) side of a peeling atomic force microscope probe with a length of 2.5 μm. The individual carbon nanotube used to attach such probes is 10 ± 2 nm in inner diameter and 40 ± 6 nm in outer diameter, respectively (adapted with permission from reference [104]; copyright 2009, Elsevier Ltd).

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