%0 Journal Article %T Studying the Adhesion Force and Glass Transition of Thin Polystyrene Films by Atomic Force Microscopy %A Aoli Wu %A Hua Kang %A Li Guan %A Meining Zhang %A Mingdong Dong %A Qiang Li %A Xiaoqin Qian %J Archive of "Nanoscale Research Letters". %D 2018 %R 10.1186/s11671-017-2426-9 %X Schematic illustration of adhesion force measurement for normal thin polymer films supported on silicon substrate. The AFM tip a firstly approaches the sample surface at a discrete distance above the sample, b continues to approach until the tip touches the sample surface, c begins to deform the sample surface under a load force and shows a small indentation and d¨Ce withdraws from the sample surfac %K Adhesion Force %K Glass Transition Temperature %K Polystyrene %K Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) %K Force Distance Curves %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5760485/