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Transmission electron microscopy of free standing thin films of poly(ether ether ketone)
Author(s) -
Plummer Christopher John George,
Kausch HansHenning
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
macromolecular chemistry and physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1521-3935
pISSN - 1022-1352
DOI - 10.1002/macp.1997.021980221
Subject(s) - ether , transmission electron microscopy , crystallization , ketone , materials science , glass transition , polymer chemistry , crystallography , thin film , chemistry , composite material , nanotechnology , polymer , organic chemistry
Free standing thin films of poly(ether ether ketone) crystallized in situ by heating from the glassy state have been shown to be suitable for high resolution transmission electron microscopy lattice imaging. Films mounted on coarse‐mesh copper grids could also be observed in the deformed state, allowing lattice imaging of regions of strain induced crystallization at temperatures in the neighbourhood of the glass transition temperature.