Demir, Mustafa MuammerErman, Burak2016-07-192016-07-192002Demir, M.M., and Erman, B. (2002). Dimensions of polystyrene particles deposited on mica from dilute cyclohexane solution at different temperatures. Macromolecules, 35(21), 7986-7992. doi:10.1021/ma020676+0024-92970024-92971520-5835http://doi.org/10.1021/ma020676+https://hdl.handle.net/11147/1925Using atomic force microscopy, the height, diameter, and volume of polystyrene particles deposited on mica from dilute cyclohexane solution at different temperatures are determined. Dimensions exhibit a strong temperature dependence. The heights of the deposited particles are only a few atomic diameters, the major dimension being parallel to the mica surface. The number of single polystyrene molecules in a deposited particle cannot be determined directly by atomic force microscopy. However, the maximum number of molecules that may be present in a particle may be estimated. Below 35 °C, the particles possibly consist of single collapsed molecules. This number increases with temperature and becomes as large as about 30 molecules per particle at 80 °C. The volume occupied by a single chain in solvent is calculated as a function of temperature and compared with observed volumes of dry particles on mica. A linear relationship is observed between single chain volumes in solvent and corresponding particle volumes on mica. On the average, the volume of a single chain in solution is 10 times the volume of a dry particle at the corresponding temperature. Fluctuations of chain volumes that are dominant in solution are also present in the volumes of particles deposited and dried on mica.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAtomic force microscopyPolystyrenesDepositionEvaporationMicaArticle10.1021/ma020676+10.1021/ma020676+