An X-ray and neutron reflectometry study of 'PEG-like' plasma polymer films

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 70, 2012, Pages 1008-1019

  Menzies, Donna J ^a   Nelson, Andrew ^b   Shen, Hsin Hui ^a   McLean, Keith M ^a   Forsythe, John S ^c   Gengenbach, Thomas ^a   Fong, Celesta ^a   Muir, Benjamin W ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Composition; Mass density; Plasma polymer; Reflectometry

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FUELS; HYDROGEN; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NEUTRON REFLECTION; PHOTOELECTRONS; PLASMAS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMERS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; DEPOSITION CONDITIONS; DIMETHYL ETHERS; EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; FILM CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN ATOMS; LOW LOAD; MASS DENSITIES; NEUTRON REFLECTOMETRY; PLASMA POLYMER FILMS; PLASMA POLYMERS; PROTEIN FOULING; PROTEIN RESISTANCE; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE WITH DISSIPATION MONITORING; REFLECTOMETRY; STRUCTURAL SIMILARITY; SYSTEMATIC STUDY;

POLYMER FILMS;

HYDROGEN; MACROGOL; MONOMER; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NEUTRON; PLASMA; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE; REFLECTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY;

EID: 84860736909     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0509     Document Type: Article

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