Dynamic light-scattering study of self-assembly of diblock copolymers in supercritical carbon dioxide

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 4170-4178

  Koga, Tadanori ^a,b,c   Zhou, Shuiqin ^a,d   Chu, Benjamin ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COPOLYMERS; MICELLES; SELF ASSEMBLY; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; X RAY SCATTERING;

DYNAMIC LIGHT-SCATTERING;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0037823388     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.004170     Document Type: Article

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