Block copolymer microstructures in the intermediate-segregation regime

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2436-2448

  Matsen, M W ^a,b   Bates, F S ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE ENERGY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SURFACE TENSION;

CHAIN STRETCHING; CONSTANT MEAN CURVATURE; GAUSSIAN CHAIN MODEL; MOLECULAR PACKING; SELF CONSISTENT FIELD THEORY; STRONG SEGREGATION THEORY;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0031559107     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.473153     Document Type: Article

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