Effects of polymer brush self-Assembly on spreading and thin film stability

Langmuir

Volumn 12, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 4950-4959

  Martin, J I ^a   Wang, Z G ^a   Schick, M ^b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0000522215     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la960305k     Document Type: Article

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