Comparative swelling of gels and polymer brush layers

Physica B: Condensed Matter

Volumn 221, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 331-336

  Karim, A ^a   Douglas, J F ^a   Horkay, F ^a   Fetters, L J ^b   Satija, S K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GELS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUTRON REFLECTION; POLYSTYRENES; SOLVENTS; SWELLING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BRUSH LAYERS; POLYMER NETWORK SWELLING; SPECULAR NEUTRON REFLECTION;

GRAFT COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0030562934     PISSN: 09214526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-4526(95)00946-9     Document Type: Article

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