Process Improvements for Gas Barrier Thin Films Deposited Via Layer-By-Layer Assembly /

Thin layers of aluminum have provided good oxygen barrier for food packaging for many years, but aluminum coatings can easily crack, are completely opaque, and are not environmentally friendly. One gas barrier solution for food, to flexible electronics, and pressurized bladders is to create polymer...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Hagen, David Austin (Author)
Other Authors:	Grunlan, Jaime C. (Thesis advisor)
Format:	Thesis eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[College Station, Texas] : [Texas A & M University], [2015]
Subjects:	Major Mechanical Engineering. oxygen barrier food packaging transmission electron microscopy polyelectrolyte multilayer self-assembly
Online Access:	Link to OAK Trust copy