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Measuring the viscoelastic properties of confined polymer films by thermal wrinkling

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Author(s)

Edwin Chan, Kirt A. Page, Christopher Stafford

Abstract

We demonstrate that thermal wrinkling can be utilized to measure the rubbery modulus and shear viscosity of polystyrene (PS) thin films as a function of temperature. Specifically, we use surface laser-light scattering (SLS) to characterize the wrinkled surface in real-time in order to monitor the changes in morphology as a function of annealing time at fixed annealing temperatures. The results from such experiments are compared to a theoretical model,11 from which the viscoelastic properties of the PS thin film are extracted
Volume
51
Issue
1
Conference Dates
March 19-25, 2010
Conference Location
San Francisco, CA, US
Conference Title
American Chemical Scoiety, Spring 2010 National Meeting & Exposition

Keywords

wrinkling, viscoelasticity, modulus, viscosity, light scattering, polymer, thin films

Citation

Chan, E. , Page, K. and Stafford, C. (2010), Measuring the viscoelastic properties of confined polymer films by thermal wrinkling, American Chemical Scoiety, Spring 2010 National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, US, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=904142 (Accessed December 13, 2024)

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Created March 20, 2010, Updated October 12, 2021