Flat-on lamellae in spin-coated, stable films of poly(propylene azelate)

Langmuir

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 17540-17545

  Rueda, D R ^a   Hernandez J J ^a   Garcia Gutierrez M C ^a   Ezquerra, T A ^a   Soccio, M ^b   Lotti, N ^b   Munari, A ^b   Perlich, J ^c   Serna, R ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c DESY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFM; AFM IMAGE; ALIPHATIC POLYESTER; DE-WETTING; GRAZING INCIDENCE; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMER COATING; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; SI SUBSTRATES; SPIN-COATED THIN FILMS; STABLE FILMS; UNIT CELLS; WIDE ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; MORPHOLOGY; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYPROPYLENES; PROPYLENE; SURFACE PHENOMENA; THIN FILMS;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 78650384766     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la1030153     Document Type: Article

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