Study on the morphology of polyacrylamide – silica fumed nanocomposite thin films
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2008-06-03
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Sowwan, Mukhles
Faroun, Maryam
Musa, Ishaq
Ibrahim, Imad
Makharza, Sami
Sultan, Wadie
Dweik, Hasan
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Silica fumed nanoparticles were dispersed in polyacrylamide thin films by direct mixing. Atomic Force
Microscopy study was carried out in order to analyze the surface roughness. Height distribution of
surface roughness changes from Gaussian like for polyacrylamide to skew asymmetric when
increasing the silica concentration. The length of the distribution tail increases, indicating the
formation of multi-scale features that increase in number and size, as the silica increase.
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Polyacrylamide , nanocompsite , surface roughness , AFM