Physical aging of thin glassy polymer films: Free volume interpretation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 219-229

  Huang, Y ^a   Wang, X ^a   Paul, D R ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Free volume; Permeability; Physical aging; Refractive index; Thin glassy polymer films

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THERMAL EFFECTS; THIN FILMS;

FREE VOLUME; PERMEABILITY; PHYSICAL AGING; THIN GLASSY POLYMER FILMS;

OPTICAL FILMS;

GLASS; POLYMER;

AGING OF MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OPTICAL FILMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THERMAL EFFECTS; THIN FILMS;

AGING; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELLIPSOMETRY; FILM; GAS PERMEABILITY; MODEL; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33646449196     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2005.10.032     Document Type: Article

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