The role of entropy in the restructuring of modified polymer surfaces

American Chemical Society, Polymer Preprints, Division of Polymer Chemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1081-1082

  Griesser, Hans J ^a   Dai, Liming ^a   Gengenbach, Thomas R ^a   Chatelier, Ronald C ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER SURFACE RESTRUCTURING;

AGING OF MATERIALS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CONTACT ANGLE; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; FREE RADICALS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; OXIDATION; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SURFACE TREATMENT;

POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES;

EID: 0031117159     PISSN: 00323934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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