Morphological characteristics of lamellar aba triblock copolymers: A self-consistent field treatment

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1365-1375

  Jones, Ronald L ^a   Kane, Lisaleigh ^a   Spontak, Richard J ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE ENERGY; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOMERS; MORPHOLOGY; ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS;

HAIRPIN CONFORMATION; LAMELLAR ABA TRIBLOCK COPOLYMERS; MICROPHASE ORDERING; MIDBLOCK BRIDGING;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0030151096     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(95)00310-X     Document Type: Article

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