The interfacial thickness of symmetric diblock copolymers: Theory and experiment

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 3023-3027

  McCoy, John D ^a   Nath, Shyamal K ^a,c   Curro, John G ^b   Saunders, Randall S ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

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EID: 0000410283     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.475696     Document Type: Article

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