MOLECULAR-SCALE IMAGING OF CLAY MINERAL SURFACES WITH THE ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE

被引:81
作者
HARTMAN, H
SPOSITO, G
YANG, A
MANNE, S
GOULD, SAC
HANSMA, PK
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,DEPT SOIL SCI,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[2] UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA,DEPT PHYS,SANTA BARBARA,CA 93106
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D O I
10.1346/CCMN.1990.0380401
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Specimen samples of Crook County montmorillonite and Silver Hill illite, purified and prepared in the Na-form, were imaged under 80% relative humidity using an atomic force microscope. The direct images showed clearly the hexagonal array of hexagonal rings of oxygen ions expected for the basal planes of 2:1 phyllosilicates. Fourier transformation of the digital information obtained by the microscope scanning tip led to an estimate of 5.1 ± 0.3 Å for the nearest-neighbor separation, in agreement with the ideal nearest-neighbor spacing of 5.4 Å for hexagonal rings as derived from X-ray powder diffraction data. The atomic force microscope should prove to be a useful tool for the molecular-scale resolution of clay mineral surfaces that contain adsorbed macromolecules. -Authors
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页码:337 / 342
页数:6
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