Investigation of the Origin of Tensile Stress-Induced Rate Enhancements in the Photochemical Degradation of Polymers

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3054-3055

  Chen, Rui ^a   Yoon, Myungok ^a   Smalley, Arwyn ^a   Johnson, David C ^a   Tyler, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGRADATION; DIFFUSION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCHEMICAL EFFICIENCY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TENSILE STRENGTH; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 1642331518     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja038945e     Document Type: Article

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