Studies on the free volume and the volume expansion behavior of amorphous polymers

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 525-530

  Hagiwara, K ^a   Ougizawa, T ^a   Inoue, T ^a   Hirata, K ^b   Kobayashi, Y ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATL INST OF MAT AND CHEM RES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amorphous polymer; Free volume; Positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy; Volume expansion

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE COMPOSITION; POSITRONS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VOLUME FRACTION; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

AMORPHOUS POLYMERS; FREE VOLUME; GLASSY STATE; POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY; PRESSURE VOLUME TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VOLUME EXPANSION;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYCARBONATE; POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; LIFESPAN; LIQUID; PHASE TRANSITION; POSITRON; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0034214140     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(00)00211-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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