Detecting onset of chain scission and crosslinking of γ-ray irradiated elastomer surfaces using frictional force microscopy

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 834-839

  Banerjee, S ^a,b   Sinha, N K ^a   Gayathri, N ^a   Ponraju, D ^a   Dash, S ^a   Tyagi, A K ^a   Raj, Baldev ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; ELASTOMERS; ETHYLENE; FLUOROCARBONS; IRRADIATION;

FRICTIONAL FORCE MICROSCOPY (FFM); FRICTIONAL FORCES; SEMI QUANTITATIVE CHANGES; SYSTEMATIC SMOOTHENING;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 33947614686     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/40/3/021     Document Type: Article

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