The nanostructured morphology of linear polyurethanes observed by transmission electron microscopy

Micron

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-7

  Princi, Elisabetta ^a   Vicini, Silvia ^a   Stagnaro, Paola ^b   Conzatti, Lucia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Morphology; Polyurethanes; TEM

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION; HARD DOMAIN; LINEAR POLYURETHANES; MATRIX; NANOMETRES; NANOSTRUCTURED MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED SYSTEMS; TEM;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

POLYURETHANES;

EID: 78049453921     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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