Grafting of styrene into pre-irradiated fluoropolymer films: Influence of base material and irradiation temperature

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1067-1072

  Lappan, Uwe ^a   Geißler, Uwe ^a   Gohs, Uwe ^a   Uhlmann, Steffi ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron beam irradiation; Fluoropolymer; Graft copolymers; Styrene

Indexed keywords

BASE MATERIAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; ELONGATION AT BREAK; FLUORO-POLYMERS; FLUOROPOLYMER; FLUOROPOLYMER FILMS; IRRADIATED FILMS; IRRADIATED POLYMERS; IRRADIATION TEMPERATURE; PREIRRADIATION; RADICAL SPECIES; TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; VINYL ETHERS;

COPOLYMERIZATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ETHERS; ETHYLENE; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTORESISTS; POLYMERS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; RADIATION; STYRENE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

COPOLYMER; FLUOROPOLYMER; POLITEF; POLY(TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE CO ETHYLENE); POLY(TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE CO PERFLUOROPROPYL VINYL ETHER); POLYMER; RADICAL; STYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON RADIATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELONGATION AT BREAK; FILM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; POLYMERIZATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 77954030547     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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