Theory of microphase separation in block copolymer/homopolymer mixtures

Macromolecules

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 7273-7278

  Likhtman, A E ^a   Semency, A N ^a,b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHASE DIAGRAMS; POLYMER BLENDS;

BODY CENTERED CUBIC; GYROID STRUCTURE; HOMOPOLYMER BLEND; LAMELLAR STRUCTURE; MICROPHASE SEPARATION; ORDERED BICONTINUOUS DOUBLE DIAMOND STRUCTURE;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 0031272236     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma9702713     Document Type: Article

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