Toward reliable morphology assessment of thermosets via physical etching: Vinyl ester resin as an example

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 407-415

  Grishchuk, S ^a   Bonyar A ^b   Elsaßer J ^c   Wolynski, A ^d   Karger Kocsis, J ^b   Wetzel, B ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR VERBUNDWERKSTOFFE GMBH   (Germany)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^c Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^d Photonik Zentrum Kaiserslautern EV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Morphology; Nodular structure; Physical etching; Structural inhomogeneity; Thermosetting resins

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ARGON; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CROSSLINKING; ESTERS; ETCHING; ION BOMBARDMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOLS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; STYRENE; THERMOSETS;

ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA TREATMENTS; ATOMIC-FORCE-MICROSCOPY; BISPHENOL A; BISPHENOLS-A; CROSSLINKED; LASERS ABLATIONS; NODULAR STRUCTURES; PHYSICAL ETCHING; STRUCTURAL INHOMOGENEITIES; VINYLESTER RESINS;

RESINS;

EID: 84874734411     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2013.38     Document Type: Article

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