Structure of chemically end-grafted polymer chains studied by scanning force microscopy in bad-solvent conditions

Macromolecules

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 4719-4726

  Koutsos, V ^a   Van Der Vegte, E W ^a   Pelletier, E ^a   Stamouli, A ^a   Hadziioannou, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CONFORMATIONS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE SEPARATION; SOLVENTS; TOLUENE; WATER;

INCUBATION; MICROPHASE SEPARATION; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 0031211474     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma961625d     Document Type: Article

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