Structure of a spread film of a polybutadiene-poly(ethylene oxide) linear diblock copolymer at the air-water interface as determined by neutron reflectometry

Langmuir

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 131-139

  Bowers, J ^a   Zarbakhsh, A ^a   Webster, J R P ^b   Hutchings, L R ^c   Richards, R W ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; KINEMATICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOLAYERS; NEUTRON REFLECTION; PHASE INTERFACES; POLYBUTADIENES; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES;

OPTICAL MATRIX METHOD;

PLASTIC FILMS;

EID: 0035124233     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la001118w     Document Type: Article

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