Surface structure of amorphous PMMA from SPM: Auto-correlation function and fractal analysis

Macromolecular Symposia

Volumn 167, Issue , 2001, Pages 89-100

  Bliznyuk, Valery N ^a   Burlakov, Victor M ^a   Assender, Hazel E ^a   Briggs, G A D ^a   Tsukahara, Yusuke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b TOPPAN PRINTING CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; PHASE TRANSITION; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0035017303     PISSN: 10221360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3900(200103)167:1<89::AID-MASY89>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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