Microdomain Morphology of Thin ABC Triblock Copolymer Films

Macromolecules

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1204-1211

  Elbs, Hubert ^a   Fukunaga, Kenji ^a   Stadler, Reimund ^a   Sauer, Gustav ^a   Magerle, Robert ^a   Krausch, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DRYING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYACRYLATES; POLYSTYRENES; SOLVENTS; SWELLING; THIN FILMS; VINYL RESINS;

POLYBUTYL METHACRYLATE; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY (SFM);

PLASTIC FILMS;

EID: 0033076608     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma981321m     Document Type: Article

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