Thermomechanical response of a semicrystalline polymer in the vicinity of the melting by using microcantilever technology

The melting transition of a model semicrystalline polymer has been detected by the microcantilever deflection as a function of temperature. Deflection measurements were done on arrays of 8-cantilevers spin coated with the semicrystalline polymer: poly (propylene azelate). The melting of the polymer...

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Published in:Applied physics letters 2014-06, Vol.104 (25)
Main Authors: Soccio, M., Luongo, G., Esteves, C., Salvador-Matar, A., Ahumada, O., Rueda, D. R., García-Gutiérrez, M. C., Lotti, N., Munari, A., Ezquerra, T. A.
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Language:English
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Applied physics
CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
Deflection
MELTING
POLYMERS
PROPYLENE
SPIN
SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
X-RAY DIFFRACTION
X-ray scattering
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Summary:The melting transition of a model semicrystalline polymer has been detected by the microcantilever deflection as a function of temperature. Deflection measurements were done on arrays of 8-cantilevers spin coated with the semicrystalline polymer: poly (propylene azelate). The melting of the polymer has been corroborated by grazing incidence wide angle x-ray scattering experiments performed with synchrotron radiation over a single cantilever.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.4884949