Gradient multilayer films by forced assembly coextrusion

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 12111-12118

  Ponting, Michael ^a   Burt, Tiffani M ^a   Korley, Lashanda T J ^a   Andrews, James ^b   Hiltner, Anne ^a   Baer, Eric ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FORCED ASSEMBLY; GRADIENT LAYERS; LAYER THICKNESS; LAYER THICKNESS DISTRIBUTION; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MULTI-LAYERED; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; OPTICAL REFLECTION; PHOTONIC FILMS; POLYMER COEXTRUSION; REFLECTION BANDS; SHEAR BANDING; SPLITTING RATIO; THICK LAYERS;

COEXTRUSION; DIES; FREQUENCY MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS; MULTILAYER FILMS; MULTILAYERS; POLYMER FILMS; THICKNESS CONTROL;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 78649586689     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie100321h     Document Type: Article

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