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Solid‐State Replication of Relief Structures in Semicrystalline Polymers
Author(s) -
Stutzmann N.,
Tervoort T. A.,
Bastiaansen C. W. M.,
Feldman K.,
Smith P.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-4095(200004)12:8<557::aid-adma557>3.0.co;2-w
Subject(s) - materials science , polymer , crystallinity , lamellar structure , embossing , amorphous solid , crystallization of polymers , solid state , replication (statistics) , structuring , composite material , chemical engineering , crystallography , engineering physics , mathematics , economics , chemistry , statistics , finance , engineering
The use of semicrystalline polymers for surface structuring allows multiple embossing and structuring of oriented polymer films, in contrast to amorphous polymers. The Figure shows an oriented perfluorinated polymer film (FEP), on which a lamellar grating has been superimposed by solid‐state embossing. Polarized optical microscopy reveals the combined optical effects of surface structure and molecular orientation.