Anisotropy in polyetheretherketone films

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Althaus, Jasmin ^a   Deyhle, Hans ^a,b   Bunk, Oliver ^b   Kristiansen, Per Magnus ^c   Müller, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

anisotropy; long range order; polyetheretherketone; synchrotron radiation; x ray scattering

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; ANISOTROPY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DICHROISM; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; POLYETHER ETHER KETONES; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS; THIN FILMS; X RAY SCATTERING;

AMORPHOUS POLYMERS; FABRICATION PROCESS; LONG RANGE ORDERS; MACHINE DIRECTIONS; MOLECULAR ARRANGEMENTS; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; PREFERENTIAL ORIENTATION; SEMICRYSTALLINES;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 84860740383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JNP.6.063510     Document Type: Article

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