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Measuring the viscoelastic properties of confined polymer films by thermal wrinkling
Published
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
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 October 10, 2025)