Vacancy diffusion with time-dependent length scale: An insightful new model for physical aging in polymers

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 12119-12124

  Thornton, Aaron W ^a   Hill, Anita J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING MECHANISM; AGING PHENOMENA; AGING TREND; COMPLEX DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION MODEL; FUNDAMENTAL MODELS; GLASSY POLYMERS; LATTICE CONTRACTION; LENGTH SCALE; NANO SCALE; NEW MODEL; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSICAL AGING; STATE DYNAMICS; TIME-DEPENDENT; ULTRA-THIN; ULTRA-THIN POLYMER FILMS; VACANCY DIFFUSION;

DIFFUSION; GLASS TRANSITION; MODELS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 78649546863     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie100696t     Document Type: Article

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