The "crew-cut" aggregates of polystyrene-b-poly(ethylene oxide)-b-polystyrene triblock copolymers in aqueous media

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 767-776

  Yuan, Jianjun ^a   Li, Yingshun ^b   Li, Xiaoqin ^a   Cheng, Shiyuan ^a   Jiang, Lei ^b   Feng, Linxian ^c   Fan, Zhiqiang ^c  

^a HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Block copolymers; Chain architectures; Crew cut; Morphology; Self assembly; Vesicles

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; ANNEALING; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COMPOSITION; MICELLES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYMERIZATION; SELF ASSEMBLY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

TRIBLOCK COPOLYMERS;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 0037397292     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-3057(02)00276-8     Document Type: Article

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