Surface properties and depth analysis of polyethylene/polydimethylsiloxane composite prepared by using supercritical carbon dioxide

Polymer Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 562-566

  Zhu, Rui ^a   Hoshi, Toru ^a,b   Sasaki, Daisuke ^c   Usui, Ryota ^a   Hagiwara, Toshiki ^a   Yano, Shoichiro ^a   Sawaguchi, Takashi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Aoyama Gakuin University   (Japan)

^c Research and Development Division   (Japan)

Author keywords

hydrophobicity; PDMS; PE; polymer composite; SEM EDX; supercritical carbon dioxide

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTIONS; DEPTH ANALYSIS; DEPTH INFORMATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; PHASE SEPARATED MORPHOLOGY; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; POLYMER COMPOSITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SEM-EDX; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDES; SYNTHETIC METHODS; WATER CONTACT ANGLE MEASUREMENT;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROCHANNELS; POLYMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICONES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; X RAY MICROSCOPES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION;

EID: 77954319036     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2010.46     Document Type: Article

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