Polystyrene comb polymers built on cellulose or poly(styrene-co-2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate) backbones as substrates for the preparation of structured honeycomb films

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2264-2277

  Hernández Guerrero, Maribel ^a   Davis, Thomas P ^a   Barner Kowollik, Christopher ^a   Stenzel, Martina H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breath figures; Comb polymers; Honeycomb; Porous films; RAFT polymerization

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE FILMS; ESTERS; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYSTYRENES; REACTION KINETICS; SUBSTRATES; VISCOSITY;

BREATH FIGURES; COMB POLYMERS; HONEYCOMB; POROUS FILMS; RAFT POLYMERIZATION;

POLYMERS;

CELLULOSE; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENE; SUBSTRATES;

EID: 23344433485     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2005.04.040     Document Type: Article

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