Excitation of surface deformation modes of a phase-separating polymer blend on a patterned substrate

Macromolecules

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2356-2364

  Nisato, Giovanni ^a   Ermi, Brett D ^a   Douglas, Jack F ^a   Karim, Alamgir ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DEFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOLAYERS; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYBUTADIENES; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYSTYRENES; REACTION KINETICS; SUBSTRATES; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS (SAM); SPIN CASTING;

PLASTIC FILMS;

EID: 0033528614     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma981546x     Document Type: Article

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