Thin films of polymer blends deposited by matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation: Effects of blending ratios

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 257, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 5259-5264

  Paun, Irina Alexandra ^a   Ion, Valentin ^b   Moldovan, Antoniu ^b   Dinescu, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LASER   (Romania)

Author keywords

Deposition; Drug delivery; Polymer

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLENDING; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; DEPOSITION; DRUG DELIVERY; EVAPORATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; PULSED LASERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY; THIN FILMS;

BLENDING RATIO; FOURIER TRANSFORMED INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATRIX ASSISTED PULSED LASER EVAPORATION; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; UV-VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 79952315446     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2010.11.090     Document Type: Conference Paper

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