Surface characterizations of spin-coated films of ethylcellulose and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose blends

Langmuir

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 4286-4292

  Lua, Yit Yian ^a   Cao, Xiaoping ^a   Rohrs, Brian R ^a   Aldrich, D Scott ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMAIN STRUCTURES; ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL (IPA); POLYMER COMPOSITION; RAMAN MAPPING;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYMER BLENDS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SPIN COATING; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

POLYMER FILMS;

CELLULOSE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ETHYL CELLULOSE; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; METHYLCELLULOSE; POLYMER; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

CELLULOSE; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; METHYLCELLULOSE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; POLYMERS; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34247371098     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la0629680     Document Type: Article

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