Film thickness limits of a buckling-based method to determine mechanical properties of polymer coatings

Characterizing the mechanical properties of polymer coatings typically requires access to specialty equipment, the analysis through which can be tedious despite instrumental precision. An alternative method reported in the literature,strain-induced elastic buckling instability for mechanical measurements (SIEBIMM), is a high throughput, facile yet accurate method, used to characterize the Young's modulus of supported films and coatings. SIEBIMM …