Issue 11, 2015
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Analytical Methods

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

Ida Lee,§a   Barbara R. Evans,*b   Marcus Fostonc  and  Arthur J. Ragauskas||c  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

b Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
E-mail: evansb@ornl.gov

c Institute of Paper Science and Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5AY00455A
Article type
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Submitted
18 Feb 2015
Accepted
27 Apr 2015
First published
08 May 2015

Anal. Methods, 2015,7, 4541-4545

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

I. Lee, B. R. Evans, M. Foston and A. J. Ragauskas, Anal. Methods, 2015, 7, 4541 DOI: 10.1039/C5AY00455A

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