Conformationally asymmetric block copolymers

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 945-952

  Matsen, M W ^a,b   Bates, F S ^a  

^a University of Minnesota ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Block copolymers; Complex phases; Conformational asymmetry; Microstructures; Self consistent field theory

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CONFORMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYMERIZATION; REACTION KINETICS;

COMPLEX PHASE; CONFORMATIONAL ASYMMETRY; METASTABILITY; ORDER-ORDER PHASE BOUNDARIES; SELF CONSISTENT FIELD THEORY; STATISTICAL SEGMENT LENGTH; STRONG SEGREGATION THEORY;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0031118540     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0488(19970430)35:6<945::AID-POLB9>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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