Plasma-deposited polymer films. I. Low-angle x-ray study

✍ Scribed by M. R. Havens; K. G. Mayhan; W. J. James; P. Schmidt

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 322 KB
• Volume: 22
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-8995
• DOI: 10.1002/app.1978.070221007

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A low‐angle x‐ray scattering technique has been applied to determine the submicrostructure of plasma‐formed polyethylene and polystyrene. The plasma‐formed polymers appear to closely approximate a “filler—binder” structure where polymer spheres constitute the filler material and a lower‐density polymer, the binder. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) micrographs confirm the spherical diameters predicted by the low‐angle x‐ray scattering data.