Capacitive scanning dilatometry and frequency-dependent thermal expansion of polymer films

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 1755-1764

  Bauer, C ^a   Bohmer R ^a   Moreno Flores, S ^a   Richert, R ^a   Sillescu, H ^a   Neher, D ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DILATOMETERS; EXPERIMENTS; GLASS TRANSITION; POLYBUTADIENES; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

DILATOMETRIC PROPERTIES; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MACROMOLECULAR SYSTEMS; REAL AND IMAGINARY; TEMPERATURE CYCLING; TEMPERATURE RAMPING; THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 5244275864     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.61.1755     Document Type: Article

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