Determination of the glass transition temperature of latex films: Comparison of various methods

Polymer Testing

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1031-1040

  Backfolk, Kaj ^a   Holmes, Rob ^b   Ihalainen, Petri ^c   Sirviö, Petri ^a   Triantafillopoulos, Nick ^b   Peltonen, Jouko ^c  

^a Stora Enso   (Finland)

^b OMNOVA Solutions Inc   (United States)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

AFM; Butadiene; DMA; DSC; Film; Glass transition temperature; Latex; Phase transition; PR; Styrene; TMA

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; GLASS TRANSITION; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY; THIN FILMS;

FOX-FLORY EQUATION; LATEX FILM FORMATION; SPM CURVES;

LATEXES;

EID: 36048952766     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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