Do the CONTIN or the MELT programs accurately reveal the o-Ps lifetime distribution in polymers? Analysis of experimental lifetime spectra of amorphous polymers

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 191-202

  Dlubek, G ^a   Hubner Ch ^b   Eichler, S ^b  

^a ITA Institut fur innovative Technologien GmbH   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CONTIN; Free volume; MELT; Polymers; Positron lifetime; Positron lifetime distribution

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONS; ESTIMATION; POLYCARBONATES;

CONTIN PROGRAM; MELT PROGRAM; POSITRON; POSITRON LIFETIME; POSITRON LIFETIME DISTRIBUTION;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032090228     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(98)00265-1     Document Type: Article

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