Phase-separation-induced surface patterns in thin polymer blend films

Macromolecules

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 857-862

  Karim, A ^a   Slawecki, T M ^a,b   Kumar, S K ^b   Douglas, J F ^a   Satija, S K ^a   Han, C C ^a   Russell, T P ^c   Liu, Y ^d   Overney, R ^e   Sokolov, J ^d   Rafailovich, M H ^d  

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

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FREE ENERGY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; NEUTRON REFLECTION; PHASE INTERFACES; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER BLENDS; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SURFACE WAVES; THIN FILMS;

SURFACE DIRECTED SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION WAVES;

PLASTIC FILMS;

EID: 0032003118     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma970687g     Document Type: Article

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