Solvent-regulated ordering in block copolymers

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 130-139

  Alexandridis, Paschalis ^a   Spontak, Richard J ^b  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SOLVENT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLLOID; MICELLE; REVIEW; SOLVATION;

EID: 0032764610     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0294(99)00022-9     Document Type: Article

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