Surface morphology of antifrictional polymer materials: Experience in atomic force and electron microscopy

The morphology of the friction surface of antifrictional charged carbon plastics is investigated by atomic force and scanning electron microscopy. Methodical approaches to composites probe preparing are described, and possibilities of methods for examination of friction surface are shown. On the basis of the obtained results, the role of nanosized modifiers of various chemical natures (used in manufacturing antifrictional materials) is highlighted, and the mechanisms of the processes that occur in carbon plastics on the tribological contact are suggested.