Silicon cantilever functionalization for cellulose-specific chemical force imaging of switchgrass??

Analytical Methods Pub Date: 2015-05-08 DOI: 10.1039/C5AY00455A

Abstract

A method for direct functionalization of silicon and silicon nitride cantilevers with bifunctional silanes was tested with model surfaces to determine adhesive forces for different hydrogen-bonding chemistries. Application for biomass surface characterization was tested by mapping switchgrass and isolated switchgrass cellulose in topographic and force-volume mode using a cellulose-specific cantilever.

Graphical abstract: Silicon cantilever functionalization for cellulose-specific chemical force imaging of switchgrass
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