Abstract
Tapping mode atomic force microscopy (TMAFM) measurements were performed for blends of two elastomers, cis-1,4-butadiene rubber (BR) and styrene-co-butadiene rubber (SBR) containing silica filler particles. To help interpret the TMAFM phase and height images of the BR/SBR blends, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) measurements were carried out for the BR/SBR blends, and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) as well as frequency-sweep/force-probe TMAFM measurements were carried out for BR and SBR homopolymers. TEM images show that silica filler particles of BR/SBR blends are present mainly in the SBR component, and DMA results reveal that BR has a lower glass transition temperature than does SBR. In the phase images of BR/SBR blends the less stiff component BR is brighter than is the stiffer component SBR. For the rational interpretation of TMAFM phase images of viscoelastic materials, it is crucial to consider the indentation depth of the tip into samples as well as the reduced tip−sample energy dissipati...
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