Influence of polydispersity on the self-assembly of diblock copolymers

Macromolecules

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 8803-8810

  Lynd, Nathaniel A ^a   Hillmyer, Marc A ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMAIN SPACING; INTERFACIAL CURVATURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHTS; POLYLACTIDE COMPOSITION;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION; SELF ASSEMBLY; X RAY SCATTERING;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 27444434757     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma051025r     Document Type: Article

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