Dramatic stiffening of ultrathin polymer films in the rubbery regime

European Physical Journal E

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-150

  O'Connell, P A ^a   McKenna, G B ^a  

^a Texas Tech University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; CREEP; POLYSTYRENES; POLYVINYL ACETATES; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

GLASS TEMPERATURE; RUBBERY COMPLIANCE; STIFFENING; THICK POLYMER FILMS;

PLASTIC FILMS;

POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYVINYL ACETATE; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELASTICITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE TENSION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELASTICITY; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYSTYRENES; POLYVINYLS; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 33745596112     PISSN: 12928941     EISSN: 1292895X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2005-10125-4     Document Type: Article

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