Characterization of the morphologies and nanostructures of blends of poly(styrene)-block-poly(ethene-co-but-1-ene)-block-poly(styrene) with isotactic and atactic polypropylenes by tapping-mode atomic force microscopy

Langmuir

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1219-1226

  Bar, G ^a   Thomann, Y ^a   Whangbo, M H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; HEAT TREATMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYSTYRENES;

ATACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; MACROPHASE SEPARATION; PHASE IMAGING; POLYETHENE BUTENE;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0032478023     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la9711544     Document Type: Article

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