화학공학소재연구정보센터
Advanced Materials, Vol.27, No.33, 4924-4930, 2015
Using Indentation to Quantify Transport Properties of Nanophase-Segregated Polymer Thin Films
Indentation of hydrated Nafion thin films reveals that both the in-plane diffusivity of water and the intrinsic permeability of the phase-segregated network decrease dramatically with decreasing film thickness. Using pore-network theory, this decrease in diffusivity is attributed to both an increase in ionic-domain heterogeneity and a reduction in ionic-domain connectivity upon confinement.