Patterned surfaces via self-assembly

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 52-59

  Cox, Juliet K ^a   Eisenberg, Adi ^a   Lennox, R Bruce ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYSTYRENE; SURFACTANT;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; PHASE SEPARATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SOLID STATE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032999805     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0294(99)00004-7     Document Type: Article

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