Microdomain structures and phase transitions in binary blends consisting of a highly asymmetric block copolymer and a homopolymer

Macromolecules

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 222-234

  Vaidya, Nitin Y ^a   Han, Chang Dae ^a   Kim, Do ^a   Sakamoto, Naoki ^b   Hashimoto, Takeji ^b  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CROSSLINKING; MICELLES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RHEOMETERS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SCATTERING;

MICRODOMAIN STRUCTURES; OSCILLATORY SHEAR RHEOMETRY; SMALL ANGLE X RAY SCATTERING (SAXS);

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0034818723     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma0010682     Document Type: Article

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