Investigating the relationship between the mechanical properties of plasma polymer-like thin films and their glass transition temperature

Nathan Vinx (1) , Pascal Damman (1) , Philippe Leclère (1) , Bruno Bresson (2) , Christian Fretigny (2) , Claude Poleunis (3) , Arnaud Delcorte (3) , Damien Cossement (4) , Rony Snyders (1) , Damien Thiry (1)

1 UMONS - University of Mons [Belgium]
2 SIMM - Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle (UMR 7615)
3 UCL - Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain
4 MNRS - MateriaNova Research Center

The mechanical properties of plasma polymer-like thin films are investigated and correlated to their glass transition temperature to further develop nanostructured materials.

Keywords: Substrate temperature (Ts); viscoelastic properties; propanethiol plasma polymer films (PPFs)

Domains: Chemical Sciences

Nathan Vinx, Pascal Damman, Philippe Leclère, Bruno Bresson, Christian Fretigny, et al.. Investigating the relationship between the mechanical properties of plasma polymer-like thin films and their glass transition temperature. Soft Matter, 2021, ⟨10.1039/D1SM01134K⟩. ⟨hal-03414733⟩