Novel approaches to polymer blends based on polymer nanoparticles

Nature Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 408-412

  Kietzke, Thomas ^a   Neher, Dieter ^a   Landfester, Katharina ^b   Montenegro, Rivelino ^b   Güntner, Roland ^c   Scherf, Ullrich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; EMULSIONS; ENTROPY; MIXING; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHASE SEPARATION; SOLAR CELLS; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS;

MACROSCOPIC SCALE; MULTICOMPONENT PHASE SEPARATED MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER NANOPARTICLES;

POLYMER BLENDS;

MICROSPHERE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; EMULSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EVALUATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EMULSIONS; ENERGY TRANSFER; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSPHERES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 0041708275     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat889     Document Type: Article

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