Atomic-force and optical microscopy investigations on thin-film morphology of spherulites in melt-crystallized poly(ethylene adipate)

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 12084-12092

  Meyer, Andreas ^a   Yen, Kai Cheng ^b   Li, Shu Hsien ^b   Förster, Stephan ^a   Woo, Eamor M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPATES; BAND REGION; BANDED SPHERULITE; DEPTH PROFILE; PHASE IMAGE; POLARIZING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RING-BANDED SPHERULITES; THIN FILM MORPHOLOGY;

ETHYLENE; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PLATELETS;

LANDFORMS;

EID: 78649550594     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie901356q     Document Type: Article

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