Symmetric-to-asymmetric transition in triblock copolymer-homopolymer blends

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Falus, P ^a,b   Xiang, H ^c   Borthwick, M A ^b   Russell, T P ^c   Mochrie, S G J ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; POLYSTYRENES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SCATTERING;

CRYOTRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (CTEM); HOMOPOLYMERS; SELFCONSISTENT FIELD THEORY (SCFT); TRIBLOCK COPOLYMERS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 18244388434     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.145701     Document Type: Article

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