Mechanical and transport properties of nafion: Effects of temperature and water activity

Structure and Bonding

Volumn 141, Issue , 2011, Pages 85-113

  Benziger, Jay ^a   Bocarsly, Andrew ^a   Cheah, May Jean ^a   Majsztrik, Paul ^a   Satterfield, Barclay ^a   Zhao, Qiao ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic modulus; Microphase separation; Stress relaxation; Thermal transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052422537     PISSN: 00815993     EISSN: 16168550     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/430_2011_41     Document Type: Article

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