Transition of crystal growth as a result of changing polymer states in ultrathin poly(ethylene oxide)/poly(methyl methacrylate) blend films with thickness of <3 nm

Macromolecules

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 437-445

  Wang, Mingtai ^a   Braun, Hans Georg ^a   Meyer, Evelyn ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; REACTION KINETICS; SURFACE TENSION; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

CRYSTAL LAMELLAE; CRYSTALLINITY; FRACTAL LIKE BRANCHED STRUCTURE;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0442311078     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma0355812     Document Type: Article

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