Measuring glassy and viscoelastic polymer flow in molecular-scale gaps using a flat punch mechanical probe

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 419-428

  Rowland, Harry D ^a   King, William P ^a   Cross, Graham L W ^b   Pethica, John B ^b  

^a United States of America   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS; MOLECULES; POLYMERS;

MECHANICAL DEFORMATIONS; MECHANICAL PROBING; POLYMER FLOWS; POLYSTYRENE (PS) FILMS; RADIUS OF GYRATION; SQUEEZE FLOW;

POLYMER FILMS;

GLASS; NANOMATERIAL; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FLOW KINETICS; HARDNESS; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISCOSITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULUS; GLASS; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYSTYRENES; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 45149083138     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn700211g     Document Type: Article

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