New insight into isothermal frontal polymerization models: Wiener's method to determine the diffusion coefficients for high molecular-weight poly(methyl methacrylate) with neat methyl methacrylate

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 900-910

  Lewis, Lydia Lee ^a   Massey, Kristen N ^a   Meyer, Edgar R ^a   McPherson, John Russell ^a   Hanna, Joshua S ^a  

^a MILLSAPS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion coefficient; Glassy polymer; Isothermal frontal polymerization; Laser line deflection; Laser sheet deflection; Wiener's method

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ACRYLIC MONOMERS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DIFFUSION; ESTERS; MONOMERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLYACRYLATES; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GLASSY POLYMER; ISOTHERMAL FRONTAL POLYMERIZATION; LASER LINE DEFLECTION; LASER SHEET DEFLECTION; WIENER'S METHOD;

POLYMERIC GLASS;

EID: 53249125781     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2008.04.018     Document Type: Article

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