On the origins of morphological complexity in block copolymer surfactants

Science

Volumn 300, Issue 5618, 2003, Pages 460-464

  Jain, Sumeet ^a   Bates, Frank S ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; LIPIDS; MICELLES; MICROEMULSIONS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SELF ASSEMBLY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMPHIPHILIC COMPOUNDS;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

AMPHOPHILE; COPOLYMER; POLY(1,2 BUTADIENE BETA ETHYLENE OXIDE); POLYMER; SOAP; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

POLYMER; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; MATERIALS; MICELLE; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BUTADIENES; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICELLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMERS; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY; WATER;

EID: 0037453427     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1082193     Document Type: Article

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