CHEMICAL-CHANGES IN TRACK REGIONS OF POLY(ETHYLENE-TEREPHTHALATE) IRRADIATED WITH XENON IONS

Authors
VILENSKII AI ZHDANOV GS
Citation
Ai. Vilenskii et Gs. Zhdanov, CHEMICAL-CHANGES IN TRACK REGIONS OF POLY(ETHYLENE-TEREPHTHALATE) IRRADIATED WITH XENON IONS, High energy chemistry, 32(2), 1998, pp. 88-91
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical
Journal title
High energy chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00181439
Volume
32
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
88 - 91
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-1439(1998)32:2<88:CITROP>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Products formed in tracks produced by bombarding poly(ethylene terepht halate) with Xe ions are studied. It was found that the most profound changes in the polymer occur in a track region of 15-20 nm radius. It is this region in which the degradation of macromolecules is accompani ed by branching and crosslinking: a gel is formed that retards the dif fusion of hydroxyl groups into the reaction zone and the reaction prod ucts out of it during etching. The effect of the ion on the polymer ex tends to 50 nm. A model for track structure is proposed.