Isothermal physical aging of thin PMMA films near the glass transition temperature

Polymer Bulletin

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 825-835

  Nam, Jung Eun ^a,c   Lee, Jong Keun ^a   Mauldin, Timothy C ^b  

^a Kumoh National Institute of Technology   (South Korea)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

^c Korea Institute of Material Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Physical aging; PMMA; The glass transition temperature; Thin film

Indexed keywords

AGING TEMPERATURES; COATED FILMS; DRIVING FORCES; ENTHALPY RELAXATION; FREE-STANDING THIN FILMS; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MAXIMUM VALUES; PHYSICAL AGING; PMMA; PMMA FILMS; PMMA THIN FILM; SILICON WAFER SUBSTRATES; THE GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GLASS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON WAFERS; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 78049358588     PISSN: 01700839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-010-0333-7     Document Type: Article

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