Influence of the thin-film thickness and crystallization temperature on the spherulitic structure of polymer thin films

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1616-1621

  Liu, Jieping ^a   Qiao, Xiaoping ^a   He, Shuangai ^a   Cao, Qikun ^a   Wang, Hui ^a  

^a HUAIBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Diffusion; Growth; Morphology; Thin films

Indexed keywords

BANDED SPHERULITE; BANDED STRUCTURES; CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; DEPLETION ZONES; DIFFUSION RATE; FORMATION MECHANISM; GROWTH; GROWTH MORPHOLOGY; GROWTH THEORY; MORPHOLOGY TRANSITIONS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE); POLYMER THIN FILMS; SLOW DIFFUSION; SPHERULITIC STRUCTURE;

DIFFUSION; FILM THICKNESS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MAGNETIC FILMS; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERIC FILMS; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS;

CRYSTALLIZATION;

CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; FILM; OPTICAL PROPERTY; POLYMER;

EID: 73849132520     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: 10974628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.31163     Document Type: Article

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