Vacuum-ultraviolet photochemically initiated modification of polystyrene surfaces: Morphological changes and mechanistic investigations

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 948-954

  Gejo, Juan López ^a   Manoj, Narayanapillai ^a   Sumalekshmy, Sarojiniamma ^a   Glieman, Hartmut ^a,b   Schimmel, Thomas ^a,b   Wörner, Michael ^a   Braun, André M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OZONE; POLYSTYRENE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; BIOMINERALIZATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; MINERALIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; OZONATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL REACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 33749530025     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b611874g     Document Type: Article

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