A novel approach for fabricating ultrathin polymer films by the repetition of the adsorption/drying processes

Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1903-1906

  Serizawa, Takeshi ^a   Akashi, Mitsuru ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Collagen; Hydrophobic effect; Quartz crystal microbalance; Ultrathin polymer film

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COLLAGEN; DRYING; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROPHOBICITY; NITROGEN; QUARTZ APPLICATIONS; SOLUTIONS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE (QCM);

PLASTIC FILMS;

EID: 0032653912     PISSN: 0887624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0518(19990701)37:13<1903::AID-POLA2>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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