Surface modification of polyethylene with multi-end-functional polyethylene additives

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5125-5137

  Hardman, Sarah J ^a   Hutchings, Lian R ^a   Clarke, Nigel ^a,d   Kimani, Solomon M ^a   Mears, Laura L E ^a   Smith, Emily F ^b   Webster, John R P ^c   Thompson, Richard L ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEND COMPONENTS; BLENDED FILMS; BULK CONCENTRATION; COCRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLINITIES; ION BEAM ANALYSIS; LIPOPHOBICITY; MATRIX COMPONENTS; NEUTRON REFLECTOMETRY; SEMICRYSTALLINES; SPIN-CAST FILM; SUBSTRATE INTERFACE; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; SURFACE EXCESS; SURFACE HYDROPHOBICITY; WATER CONTACT ANGLE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIES (XPS);

AMORPHOUS FILMS; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION BEAMS; MELTING POINT; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYETHYLENES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMOPLASTICS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ADDITIVES;

EID: 84863418992     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la205158n     Document Type: Article

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