Electrochemical Atomic Force Microscopy Study of the Dissolution Kinetics of 304 Stainless Steel

1996 ◽  
Vol 451 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. J. Mckrell ◽  
J. M. Galligan
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Electrical Potential ◽  
Dissolution Kinetics ◽  
Microscopy Study ◽  
304 Stainless Steel ◽  
Electrochemical Characteristics ◽  
Surface Kinetics ◽  
Chemical Surface ◽  
Force Microscopy ◽  
Atomic Force

ABSTRACTAn electrochemical atomic force microscope (ECAFM) has been employed to observe, in situ, the topographical and electrical changes that occur on 304 stainless steel as a function of an electrical potential. The concurrent acquisition of a polarization curve and topographical data allows direct correlation of variations in the surface roughness with the electrochemical characteristics of the passivation process. Also, the large AFM scan size, employed in this study, allows for the delineation and determination of the interdependence of the surface kinetics at various regions of the surface. Simultaneous measurements of topographical and electrical changes at these regions have established a correspondence of the competing kinetics between the reactions of dissolution and passivation. This provides a way to relate chemical surface reactions to surface topography.

Oxidation behavior of TiN with a Ti interlayer on stainless steel

2004 ◽  
Vol 819 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming-Hua Shiao ◽  
Ching-Chiun Wang ◽  
Chien-Ying Su ◽  
Fuh-Sheng Shieu
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Steel Substrate ◽  
Depth Profiling ◽  
Columnar Structure ◽  
304 Stainless Steel ◽  
Force Microscopy ◽  
Tin Coatings ◽  
Atomic Force ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Tin Thin Films

AbstractCharacterization of the TiN coatings oxidized in air at temperatures at 600 and 700°C for 30 min was carried out by X-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES). TiN thin films with a Ti interlayer were prepared by hollow cathode discharge ion plating on AISI 304 stainless steel. Both XRD and TEM results show that the TiN coatings and Ti interlayer have columnar structure with (111) and (0002) preferred orientations, respectively. AFM results show the existence of pinholes on the surface of specimens due to electropolishing process of the steel substrate, and the surface roughness (Ra) changes from 3.5 nm for the as-deposited specimen to 11.6 nm after oxidation at 700°. After oxidation, the TiO2 oxide layer formed on the specimen surface was porous and retained the columnar structure as the original TiN coating. The microstructure of the Ti interlayer gradually changed from columnar to polycrystalline structure due to grain growth. The Auger elemental depth profiling indicated that interdiffusion of the Ti interlayer with steel substrate had occurred during the oxidation process.

Atomic Force Microscopy Study of Stainless-Steel and Nickel-Titanium Files

2005 ◽  
Vol 31 (12) ◽  
pp. 882-885 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline R.A. Valois ◽  
Luciano P. Silva ◽  
Ricardo B. Azevedo
Keyword(s):  
Atomic Force Microscopy ◽  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Microscopy Study ◽  
Nickel Titanium ◽  
Atomic Force Microscopy Study ◽  
Force Microscopy ◽  
Atomic Force

scholarly journals Steady state charge conduction through solution processed liquid crystalline lanthanide bisphthalocyanine films

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (11n12) ◽  
pp. 1603-1615
Author(s):  
Chandana Pal ◽  
Isabelle Chambrier ◽  
Andrew N. Cammidge ◽  
A. K. Sharma ◽  
Asim K. Ray
Keyword(s):  
Metal Ions ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Microscopy Study ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Central Metal ◽  
Force Microscopy ◽  
Atomic Force ◽  
Double Decker ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Chain Lengths

In-plane electrical characteristics of non-peripherally octyl(C[Formula: see text]H[Formula: see text]- and hexyl(C[Formula: see text]H[Formula: see text]-substituted liquid crystalline (LC) double decker lanthanide bisphthalocyanine (LnPc[Formula: see text] complexes with central metal ions lutetium (Lu), and gadolinium (Gd) have been measured in thin film formulations on interdigitated gold (Au) electrodes for the applied voltage ([Formula: see text] range of [Formula: see text]. The conduction mechanism is found to be Ohmic within the bias of [Formula: see text] while the bulk limited Poole–Frenkel mechanism is responsible for the higher bias. The compounds show individual characteristics depending on the central metal ions, substituent chain lengths and their mesophases. Values of 67.55 [Formula: see text]cm[Formula: see text] and 42.31 [Formula: see text]cm[Formula: see text] have been obtained for room temperature in-plane Ohmic conductivity of as-deposited octyl lutetium (C[Formula: see text]LuPc[Formula: see text] and hexyl gadolinium (C[Formula: see text]GdPc[Formula: see text] films, respectively while C[Formula: see text]GdPc[Formula: see text] films exhibit nearly two orders of magnitude smaller conductivity. On annealing at 80[Formula: see text]C, Ohmic conductivities of C[Formula: see text]LuPc[Formula: see text] and C[Formula: see text]GdPc[Formula: see text] are found to have increased but the conductivity of C[Formula: see text]GdPc[Formula: see text] decreased by more than one order of magnitude to 1.5 [Formula: see text]cm[Formula: see text]. For physical interpretation of the charge transport behavior of these three molecules, their UV-vis optical absorption spectra in the solution and in as-deposited and annealed solid phases and atomic force microscopy study have been performed. It is believed that both orientation and positional reorganizations are responsible, depending upon the size of the central ion and side chain length.

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