Formation of oriented, suspended fibers by melting free standing polystyrene thin films

Macromolecules

Volumn 42, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 6716-6722

  Rathfon, Jeremy M ^a   Grolman, Joshua M ^a   Crosby, Alfred J ^a   Tew, Gregory N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER DIAMETERS; FREE-STANDING POLYMER THIN FILMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; MULTI VARIABLES; NEW APPROACHES; PARAMETER SPACES; PATTERNED ARRAYS; POINT-TO-POINT CONNECTIONS; POLYSTYRENE THIN FILMS;

FIBERS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MELTING; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMER FILMS; POLYMER MELTS; POLYSTYRENES; THIN FILMS;

MELTING POINT;

EID: 69549135186     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma901121u     Document Type: Article

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