Gas barrier properties and periodically fractured surface of thin DLC films coated on flexible polymer substrates

Surface and Coatings Technology

Volumn 201, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 6431-6436

  Tsubone, Dai ^a   Kodama, Hideyuki ^a   Hasebe, Terumitsu ^a,b   Hotta, Atsushi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon films; Fracture surface; Gas barrier; Polymers

Indexed keywords

COATED MATERIALS; CRACKS; DEFORMATION; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; POLYPROPYLENES; STRAIN; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

FLEXIBLE POLYMER SUBSTRATES; GAS BARRIER PROPERTIES; PERIODICALLY FRACTURED SURFACE; RESIDUAL STRAINS;

DIAMOND LIKE CARBON FILMS;

COATED MATERIALS; CRACKS; DEFORMATION; DIAMOND LIKE CARBON FILMS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; POLYPROPYLENES; STRAIN; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

EID: 33847027210     PISSN: 02578972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2006.12.009     Document Type: Article

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