Structural changes in block copolymers: Coupling of electric field and mobile ions

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 14, 2003, Pages

  Tsori, Yoav ^a   Tournilhac, François ^a   Andelman, David ^b   Leibler, Ludwik ^a  

^a ESPCI   (France)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FREE ENERGY; IONS; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; POLYSTYRENES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BODY CENTERED CUBIC PHASE; DISSOCIATED IONS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0037527863     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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