Phase behavior in thin films of cylinder-forming ABA block copolymers: Mesoscale modeling

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1117-1126

  Horvat, A ^a   Lyakhova, K S ^b   Sevink, G J A ^b   Zvelindovsky, A V ^b   Magerle, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE COMPOSITION; PHASE DIAGRAMS; POLYBUTADIENES; POLYSTYRENES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SURFACE TREATMENT; THIN FILMS; WETTING;

MESOSCALE MODELING; PERFORATED LAMELLA; PHASE BEHAVIOR; SURFACE FIELDS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0842290002     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1627325     Document Type: Article

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