Amphiphilic diblock copolymer gels: The relationship between structure and rheology

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1782, 2001, Pages 1017-1044

  Hamley, I W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphiphiles; Block copolymers; Micelles; Rheology; Small angle scattering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003935737     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2000.0761     Document Type: Conference Paper

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