This paper reviews stress development mechanisms and stress measurement techniques
for polymer coatings. Most polymeric coatings shrink during and after solidification due to …

This review presents to-date progress in the formation of surface-tethered polymer
assemblies with gradually varying physico-chemical properties. The typical characteristics of …

This revolutionary and best-selling resource contains more than 200 pages of additional
information and expanded discussions on zeolites, bitumen, conducting polymers …

Discerning the properties of polymers and polymer-based materials requires a good
understanding of characterization. This revised and updated text provides a comprehensive …

A novel method, the bending beam method (BBM), is introduced to study ion transport in an
electroactive polymer, polypyrole (PPy). Volume changes in PPy are studied by observing …

The mechanical properties and thermal stresses of hydrogen silsesquioxane (HSQ) thin
films cured at different temperatures have been investigated by a nanoindentor and a …

Far from being the passive containers for semiconductor devices of the past, the packages in
today's high performance computers pose numerous challenges in interconnecting …

Ion beam analysis techniques, particularly elastic recoil detection (ERD) also known as
forward recoil spectrometry (Frcs) has proven to be a value tool to investigate polymer …

Thermal analysis is defined by the International Confederation of Thermal Analysis and
Calorimetry (ICTAC) as “a group of techniques in which a property of a sample is monitored …

Polymer surfaces and interfaces have attracted increasing interest during recent years
because of their practical and commercial importance as well as their high potential for …