Microphase-separation behavior of triblock copolymer melts. Comparison with diblock copolymer melts

Macromolecules

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 5124-5130

  Mai, Shao Min ^a   Mingvanish, Withawat ^a   Turner, Simon C ^b   Chaibundit, Chiraphon ^a   Fairclough, J Patrick A ^b   Heatley, Frank ^a   Matsen, Mark W ^c   Ryan, Anthony J ^b   Booth, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS; PHASE SEPARATION; RHEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; X RAY SCATTERING;

DIBLOCK COPOLYMER MELTS; DOMAIN SPACINGS; FLORY-HUGGINS PARAMETER; MICROPHASE SEPARATION; ORDERED PHASE STRUCTURE; SMALL ANGLE X RAY SCATTERING; TRIBLOCK COPOLYMER MELTS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0034229101     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma000154z     Document Type: Article

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