Atomic force microscopy characterization and interpretation of thin-film poly(butylene adipate) spherulites with ring bands

Macromolecular Rapid Communications

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1322-1328

  Frömsdorf, Andreas ^a   Woo, Eamor M ^b   Lee, Li Ting ^b   Chen, Yu Fan ^b   Förster, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy (AFM); Poly (butylene adipate); Polyethylene adipate; Ring banded spherulite; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; BUTENES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SOIL CONSERVATION; THICK FILMS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY (AFM); ATOMIC FORCES; CRYSTAL DOMAINS; CRYSTAL REGIONS; LAYER PATTERNS; MORPHOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; PERIODIC CHANGES; POLY (BUTYLENE ADIPATE); RING-BANDED SPHERULITE; SOFTER MATERIALS;

POWDERS;

EID: 55349098856     PISSN: 10221336     EISSN: 15213927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/marc.200800246     Document Type: Article

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