Crystallization of ultrathin poly(ε-caprolactone) films in the presence of residual solvent, an in situ atomic force microscopy study

Polymer

Volumn 46, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 7255-7265

  Mareau, Vincent H ^a   Prud'homme, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crystallization; PCL; Ultrathin films

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; EVAPORATION; MELTING; PLASTICIZERS; WETTING;

DENDRITES; POLY(Ε-CAPROLACTONE); POLYMER CHAINS; SPIN COATED POLYMER;

ULTRATHIN FILMS;

FILM;

EID: 23744484603     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2005.06.036     Document Type: Article

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