Self-assembly of functional nanostructures from ABC triblock copolymers

Nature Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 744-747

  Ludwigs, Sabine ^a   Böker, Alexander ^a   Voronov, Andrej ^a   Rehse, Nicolaus ^a   Magerle, Robert ^a   Krausch, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC POLYMERIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; FILM PREPARATION; LITHOGRAPHY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VOLUME FRACTION;

POLYDISPERSITY; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY; TRIBLOCK COPOLYMERS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0242499388     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat997     Document Type: Letter

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