Studies on thermally induced structural changes in silicon based polymers by positron annihilation

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 587-592

  Tashiro, Mutsumi ^a   Pujari, Pradeep K ^a   Seki, Shu ^a   Honda, Yoshihide ^a   Nishijima, Shigehiro ^a   Tagawa, Seiichi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Phase transition; Polysilane; Positron annihilation; Positron lifetime

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POSITRONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FREE VOLUME; POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIME SPECTRA; SOLID LIQUID TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

POLYSILANES;

DIMETICONE; POLY(DI N HEXYLSILANE); POLY(METHYL N PROPYLSILANE); POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFORMATION; DEGRADATION; DESTRUCTION; LIFESPAN; PHASE TRANSITION; POSITRON; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034213639     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(00)00223-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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