Mechanical properties of thin polymer films on stiff substrates

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Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 282-293

  Silbernagl, Dorothee ^a   Cappella, Brunero ^a  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

Author keywords

atomic force microscopy; indentation; polymers; rheology; thin films

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPES; BULK POLYMER; DEFORMATION CURVES; DOUBLE LAYERS; FORCE CURVE; FORCE-DISPLACEMENT CURVES; GLASS SUBSTRATES; POLY(N-BUTYL METHACRYLATE) (PN-BMA); SEMIEMPIRICAL EQUATION; THIN POLYMER FILMS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMS; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION; VISCOSITY;

POLYMER FILMS;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FILM; FLOW KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 78649277282     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: 19328745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sca.20196     Document Type: Article

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