Surface composition of amorphous and crystallizable polyethylene blends as measured by static SIMS

Macromolecules

Volumn 29, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 5628-5634

  Brant, P ^a   Karim, A ^b   Douglas, J F ^b   Bates, F S ^c  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENES; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE STRUCTURE; THIN FILMS;

CRYSTALLINITY; POLYETHYLENECODODERANE; POLYETHYLENEPROPYLENE; POLYETHYLENETHYLENE; SURFACE ENRICHMENT;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0030215771     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma951349n     Document Type: Article

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