Surface characterization of ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) and ethylene-acrylic acid (EAA) co-polymers using XPS and AFM

Polymer

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 5223-5239

  McEvoy, Ruth L ^a,c   Krause, Sonja ^a   Peter, Wu ^a,b  

^a Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Schenectady County Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

AFM; Air surfaces; XPS

Indexed keywords

ACRYLICS; AMORPHOUS FILMS; ANNEALING; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FREE ENERGY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYVINYL ACETATES; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

POLYACRYLIC ACID;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0032187685     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(97)10177-X     Document Type: Article

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