Non-centrosymmetric superlattices in block copolymer blends

Nature

Volumn 398, Issue 6723, 1999, Pages 137-138

  Goldacker, Thorsten ^a   Abetz, Volker ^a   Stadler, Reimund ^a   Erukhimovicht, Igor ^b   Leibler, Ludwik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c U Mixte Rech CNRS Elf A   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033545671     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/18191     Document Type: Article

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