Nanometer-scale tribological properties of highly oriented thin films of poly(tetrafluoroethylene) studied by lateral force microscopy

Macromolecules

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2158-2162

  Vancso, G Julius ^a,b   Förster, Stefan ^a   Leist, Heike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FRICTION; GLASS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTIC FILMS; SCANNING; SURFACE TENSION; THIN FILMS; TRIBOLOGY;

CHAIN-CHAIN PACKING DISTANCES; LATERAL FORCE MICROSCOPY; NANOMETER SCALE TRIBOLOGY; POLYMER MAIN CHAIN ORIENTATION; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SLIDING FRICTION;

POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES;

EID: 0030104015     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma9503975     Document Type: Article

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