Hostname: page-component-84b7d79bbc-g5fl4 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-07-31T01:01:18.133Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Thickness mapping of freestanding Ionic Liquid films using Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy in the TEM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2015

A.E. Ribbe
Affiliation:
Department for Polymer Science & Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003 USA
P. Kim
Affiliation:
Department for Polymer Science & Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003 USA
D. Hoagland
Affiliation:
Department for Polymer Science & Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003 USA
T.P. Russell
Affiliation:
Department for Polymer Science & Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003 USA

Abstract

Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Abstract
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2015 

References

[1] de Jonge, N. & Ross, M.F.. “Electron microscopy of specimens in liquid" Nature Nanotechnology”, 6, 695704 (2011).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
[2] Yuk, J.M., Park, J., Ercius, P., Kim, K. & Hellebusch, D.J., “High-Resolution EM of Colloidal Nanocrystal Growth Using Graphene Liquid Cells”, Science 336, 6164 (2012). Michael F. Crommie,1,2,6 Jeong Yong Lee,3f A. Zettl,1,2,6f A. Paul Alivisatos2,4.Google Scholar
[3] Welton, T, “Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids. Solvents for Synthesis and Catalysis“, Chem. Rev 99, 20712083 (1999).CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
[4] Simone, M. & Lodge, T.P., “Micellization of PS-PMMA Diblock Copolymers in an Ionic Liquid”, Macromol. Chem. Phys 208, 339348, (2007).Google Scholar
[5] Dalaver, H., et al, Cryo-transmission electron microscopy of Ag nanoparticles, grown on an ionic liquid substrate. Mater Res 25(7), 12641271 (2010).Google Scholar
[6] Maddikeri, R., Colak, S., Gido, S.P. & Tew, G.N., “Zwitterionic Polymersomes in an Ionic Liquid: Room Temperature TEM Characterization”, Biomacromolecules 12(10), 34123417 (2011).Google Scholar
[7] Chen, S., Kobayashi, K., Kitaura, R., Miyata, Y. & Shinohara, H., “Direct HRTEM Observation of Ultrathin Freestanding Ionic Liquid Film on Carbon Nanotube GridACS Nano 5(6), 4902 (2011).Google Scholar
[8] Karlsson, G. “Thickness measurements of lacey carbon films”, Journal of Microscopy 203/3, 326328 (2001).Google Scholar
[9] Ribbe, A.E., Kim, P., Hoagland, D. & Russell, T.P., “Diffusion Processes in Ionic Liquids Observed via low voltage Scanning ElectronMicroscopy and Microanalysis 18(S2), 16181619 (2012).Google Scholar