Molecular weight dependence of polymersome membrane structure, elasticity, and stability

Macromolecules

Volumn 35, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 8203-8208

  Bermudez, Harry ^a   Brannan, Aaron K ^b   Hammer, Daniel A ^a   Bates, Frank S ^b   Discher, Dennis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMORY EFFECTS;

ELASTICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPIDS; MICROMANIPULATORS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SELF ASSEMBLY; STRAIN; SURFACE TENSION;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0037044346     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma020669l     Document Type: Article

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