Mechanics of Microparticles in the Context of Structure and Functionality

The present work focuses on mechanical properties of particulate systems with colloidal dimensions. In particular, the interrelations of morphology, medium and mechanics are studied as well as the particles’ functionality and the tuning thereof in the context of mechanical properties. The latter is vitally important regarding application perspectives, for instance, in the fields of medicine and pharmaceutics, but also in terms of the broad domain of composite materials. In this work, force spectroscopy experiments were performed in combination with optical, atomic force and electron microscopy for morphological investigation. Thus, an essential contribution could be made to achieve a deeper understanding of the correlation between particle mechanics, structure and function on a colloidal level.

Level thesis:degree_level

thesis.doctoral

Grantor dc:publisher

Universität Bayreuth

Year

2014

Author dc:creator

• Neubauer, Martin Peter

Contributors dc:contributor

• Fery, Andreas

Repository record source_url

https://epub.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/1805/

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:epub.uni-bayreuth.de:1805