Nondestructive probing of mechanical anisotropy in polyimide films on nanoscale

Macromolecules

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1551-1555

  Gomopoulos, N ^a   Saini, G ^b   Efremov, M ^d   Nealey, P F ^d   Nelson, K ^b   Fytas, G ^a,c,e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC POLYMERS; BRILLOUIN LIGHT SCATTERING; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; IN-PLANE; IN-PLANE MODULI; MECHANICAL ANISOTROPY; NANO SCALE; NON DESTRUCTIVE; OUT-OF-PLANE; P-PHENYLENE DIAMINES; POLYIMIDE COATING; POLYIMIDE FILM; SCATTERING GEOMETRIES; SHEAR MODULUS; TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE;

ANISOTROPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; POLYIMIDES; POLYMERIC FILMS; THICK FILMS;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 76149118439     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma902509y     Document Type: Article

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