Ordering kinetics of body-centered-cubic morphology in diblock copolymer solutions at low temperatures

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1389-1405

  Liu, Zhizhong ^a   Shaw, Montgomery T ^a   Hsiao, Benjamin S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS (BCP); CORONA CHAINS; GYROIDS; MICELLER SYSTEMS;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; COPOLYMERS; ELASTIC MODULI; ENTROPY; MICELLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS;

KINETIC THEORY;

EID: 11044219870     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.1807842     Document Type: Article

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