Water diffusion in polymer nano-films measured with microcantilevers

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-38

  Liu, Chuanjun ^a,b,c   Lopes, Marcus C ^a   Pihan, Sascha A ^b   Fell, Daniela ^a,b   Sokuler, Mordechai ^a,b   Butt, Hans Jürgen ^b   Auernhammer, Günter K ^b   Bonaccurso, Elmar ^a,b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Micromechanical cantilever sensors; Solid liquid vapor interfaces; Surface tension; Thin polymer films

Indexed keywords

CANTILEVER BENDING; CAPILLARY FORCE; DIFFUSION OF WATER; DROP EVAPORATION; MICRO-CANTILEVERS; MICRODROPS; MICROMECHANICAL CANTILEVER SENSORS; NANO FILMS; NORBORNENES; NUMERICAL MODELS; SILICON CANTILEVER; SOLID-LIQUID-VAPOR; THIN POLYMER FILMS; TIME DEPENDENCE; TIME-DEPENDENT BENDING; VAPOUR-PHASE; VOLUME EXPANSION; WATER DIFFUSION; WATER DROP; WATER MOLECULE;

DIFFUSION; DROPS; EVAPORATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIQUIDS; NANOCANTILEVERS; NANOSENSORS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PLASMA POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; SURFACE TENSION; SWELLING; WATER ABSORPTION;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 81155133951     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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