Stratification in monolayers of a bidisperse melt polymer brush as revealed by neutron reflectivity

Macromolecules

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 7599-7609

  Goedel, Werner A ^a,d   Luap, Clarisse ^a   Oeser, Ralf ^b   Lang, Peter ^c   Braun, Christian ^c   Steitz, Roland ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES; MONOLAYERS; NEUTRON REFLECTION; POLYISOPRENES; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SURFACES; VOLUME FRACTION; WATER;

AMMONIUM; BIDISPERSE MELT POLYMER BRUSH; SPREADING EQUIMOLAR MIXTURES;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0033517635     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma981900r     Document Type: Article

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