Low-energy electron and X-ray degradation of biomedical plasma-fluoropolymer

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 383-391

  Massey, Sylvain ^a   Cloutier, Pierre ^b   Hale, Pénélope ^c   Bazin, Marc ^a,b   Sanche, Léon ^b   Mantovani, Diego ^c   Roy, Denis ^a  

^a Centre de recherche en science et ingénierie des macromolécules CERSIM   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Degradation mechanism; Dissociative electron attachment; Fluoropolymer; Low energy electron impact; X ray irradiation

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLASMAS; THIN FILMS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

DEGRADATION MECHANISM; DISSOCIATIVE ELECTRON ATTACHMENT; LOW-ENERGY ELECTRON IMPACT;

FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS;

EID: 39149084359     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2007.11.021     Document Type: Article

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