An experimental investigation of inhomogeneities in resonant infrared matrix-assisted pulsed-laser deposited thin polymer films

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 523-531

  Bubb, Daniel M ^a,b   Corgan, Jeff ^a   Yi, Sunyong ^a   Khan, Mishae ^a   Hughes, Leon ^a   Gurudas, Ullas ^a   Papantonakis, Michael ^b   McGill, R Andrew ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITED FILMS; ENERGY DENSITY; ER:YAG LASERS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GUEST MOLECULES; GUEST-HOST SYSTEMS; INFRARED MATRIX; INHOMOGENEITIES; LASER EVAPORATION; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; NONUNIFORM; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; SCANNING ELECTRONS; THIN POLYMER FILMS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ERBIUM; INFRARED LASERS; LIGHT SOURCES; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMERS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; PULSED LASERS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 83555160731     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: 14320630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-010-5854-2     Document Type: Article

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