Matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation

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• Exploiting Physical Vapor Deposition for Morphological Control in Semi-Crystalline Polymer Films

  

  Y. Wang, H. Jeong, M. Chowdhury, C. B. Arnold, and R. D. Priestley, "Exploiting physical vapor deposition for morphological control in semi-crystalline polymer films," Polymer Crystallization (2018) reviews the crystallization of polymer thin films processed via physical vapor deposition (PVD) and highlights how MAPLE can be exploited to control polymer film morphology in ways not achievable by other methods. | Full text | View at publisher

• Tuning Morphology and Melting Temperature in Polyethylene Films by MAPLE

  

  H. Jeong, M. Chowdhury, Y. Wang, M. Sezen-Edmonds, Y. L. Loo, R. A. Register, C.B. Arnold, and R.D. Priestley, "Tuning Morphology and Melting Temperature in Polyethylene Films by MAPLE," Macromolecules (2018) demonstrates the ability to dramatically alter the morphology and melting temperature of low-molecularweight linear polyethylene (PE) by employing an innovative vapor-assisted deposition process termed matrix assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE). | Full text | View at publisher

• Additive Growth and Crystallization of Polymer Films

  

  H. Jeong, K. B. Shepard, G. E. Purdum, Y. Guo, Y.-L. Loo, C. B. Arnold, and R. D. Priestley, "Additive Growth and Crystallization of Polymer Films,"Macromolecules (2016) demonstrates a polymeric thin film fabrication process in which molecular-scale crystallization proceeds with additive film growth, by employing an innovative vapor-assisted laser deposition process. | Full text | View at publisher

• Transport and Stability of Laser-Deposited Amorphous Polymer Nanoglobules

  

  K. Shepard, C. B. Arnold, and R. D. Priestley, ACS Macro Lett. (2014) measures the time of flight and nanoscale thermal properties of stable polymer nanoglobules deposited by the Matrix Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation Technique (MAPLE). This nanoscale physical insight is applied to better understand the formation of bulk ultrastable nanostructured polymer films deposited by MAPLE. | Full text | View at publisher

• Origins of nanostructure in amorphous polymer coatings via MAPLE

  

  K. Shepard, C. B. Arnold, and R. D. Priestley, Appl. Phys. Lett. (2013) investigates the effect of two MAPLE parameters, deposition time and target concentration, on the nanoscale morphology of MAPLE deposited PMMA. Also, the mechanism of formation of nanostructured films by MAPLE is discussed. | Full text | View at publisher

• Nanomorphology of MAPLE prepared films

  

  K. B. Shepard, Y. Guo, C. B. Arnold, and R. D. Priestley, Appl. Phys. A (2013) examines the mechanisms for the exceptional kinetic stability exhibited by the nanostructured glassy polymer films produced via Matrix Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation (MAPLE) | Full text | View at publisher

• Ultrastable nanostructured polymer glasses

  

  Y. Guo et. al., Nature Materials (2012) forms ultrastable nanostructured glassy polymer films with superior properties (lower density, enhanced stability, higher T_g) compared to standard PMMA using matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE). | Full text | View at publisher

• All MAPLE publications

  102. K. Shepard, C. B. Arnold, R. Priestley, “Origins of nanostructure in amorphous polymer coatings via MAPLE,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 103, 123105 (2013) | Full text | View at publisher
  91. K. Shepard, Y. Guo, C. B. Arnold, and R. Priestley, “Nanostructured Morphology of Polymer Films Prepared by Matrix Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation,“ Applied Physics A (2013) | Full text | View at publisher
  82. Y. Guo, A. Morozov, D. Schneider, J. W. Chung, C. Zhang, M. Waldmann, N. Yao, G. Fytas, C. B. Arnold, and R. D. Priestley, "Ultrastable nanostructured polymer glasses," Nature Materials (2012) DOI: 10.1038/nmat3234 | Full text | View at publisher