Free volume and microstructural investigation of poly(ethylene terephthalate)-g-acrylic acid (PET-g-AA) copolymer films

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 745-750

  Rath, S K ^a   Patri, M ^a   Sharma, S K ^b   Sudarshan, K ^b   Pujari, P K ^b  

^a NAVAL MATERIALS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Graft copolymers; Positron annihilation lifetime; Secondary relaxation

Indexed keywords

AA COPOLYMERS; ACRYLIC ACIDS; COPOLYMER FILMS; CRYSTALLINITIES; FRACTIONAL FREE VOLUME; FREE VOLUME PROPERTIES; INTERFACIAL DEFECT; MICROSTRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION; PET FILMS; POLYMER FREE VOLUME; POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIMES; POSITRONIUM LIFETIMES; PREIRRADIATION; RADIATION SOURCE; SECONDARY RELAXATION; SECONDARY RELAXATIONS; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACRYLICS; ADDITIVES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COPOLYMERIZATION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; ETHYLENE; FREE VOLUME; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYETHYLENES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM OPTICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

GRAFTING (CHEMICAL);

ACRYLIC ACID COPOLYMER; COBALT 60; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DESTRUCTION; GAMMA IRRADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRONIUM; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY FILM;

EID: 77949914286     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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