Thickness-dependent mechanical behaviour of aluminium-coated polyethylene terephthalate (PET) films

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1333-1337

  Gupta, Sandhya ^a   Dixit, Manasvi ^a   Baboo, Mahesh ^a   Sharma, Kananbala ^a   Saxena, N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Coating; Mechanical behaviour; Thin films; Yield strength

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL; GRAIN SIZE; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; PET FILMS; PET SUBSTRATE; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; VACUUM THERMAL EVAPORATION;

COATINGS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; THIN FILMS; YIELD STRESS;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 79960986750     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550903204212     Document Type: Article

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