Structural properties of self-assembled polymeric aggregates in aqueous solutions

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 2-22

  Mortensen, Kell ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Block copolymer micelles; Ordering; PEO PPO; Polymeric surfactants; Small angle neutron scattering; Structure

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMER; POLYMER MELT; STRUCTURAL PROPERTY; X-RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035113079     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1581(200101/02)12:1/2<2::AID-PAT946>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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