Dewetting of Confined Diblock Copolymer Films

Journal of Macromolecular Science - Physics

Volumn 43 B, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-42

  Muller Buschbaum P ^a   Hermsdorf, N ^b   Gutmann, J S ^c   Stamm, M ^b   Cunis, S ^d   Gehrke, R ^d   Petry, W ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

AFM; Diblock copolymers; DSP; GISAS

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DECOMPOSITION; GLASS TRANSITION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUCLEATION; PHASE SEPARATION; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; THIN FILMS; X RAY SCATTERING;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY (AFM); DSP; GISAS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 1642371482     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/MB-120027749     Document Type: Conference Paper

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