A nanoscopic view of structure and deformation of hard elastic polypropylene with scanning force microscopy

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1953-1959

  Hild, S ^a   Gutmannsbauer, W ^b   Luthi R ^b   Fuhrmann, J ^c   Guntherodt H J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Hard elastic polypropylene; Microstructure; Surface morphology

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRACK PROPAGATION; DEFORMATION; EXTRUSION; MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

FORCE ELONGATION CURVE; NONCRYSTALLINE REGIONS; SURFACE SCANNING MICROSCOPY;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 2342471733     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0488(19960915)34:12<1953::AID-POLB1>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Review

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