Elastic modulus of amorphous polymer thin films: Relationship to the glass transition temperature

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2677-2685

  Torres, Jessica M ^a   Stafford, Christopher M ^b   Vogt, Bryan D ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confinement; Elastic modulus; Glass transition; Polymers; Thin films; Wrinkling

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; AMORPHOUS POLYMERS; CONFINEMENT; CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; ELASTIC SUBSTRATE; EMERGING APPLICATIONS; FAVORABLE INTERACTIONS; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS; NANO SCALE; POLYMERIC MATERIAL; QUENCH DEPTHS; SUB-100 NM; SURFACE AND INTERFACES; THIN POLYMER FILMS; TIME-TEMPERATURE SUPERPOSITION PRINCIPLES; WILLIAMS; WRINKLING;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; ELASTIC MODULI; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMERS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 70349584581     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn9006847     Document Type: Article

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