Triblock copolymer theory: Free energy, disordered phase and weak segregation

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 178, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 103-117

  Ren, Xiaofeng ^a   Wei, Juncheng ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Free energy functional; Self consistent field; Triblock copolymer

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FREE ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

PHASE SEGREGATION;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0037400030     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(02)00808-4     Document Type: Article

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