Micellelike aggregates in solutions of semirigid hairy-rod polymers

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Ou Yang, Wen Chung ^a   Chang, Chi Sheng ^a   Chen, Hsin Lung ^a   Tsao, Cheng Si ^b   Peng, Kang Yung ^a   Chen, Show An ^a   Han, Charles C ^c  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAIRY-ROD SEGMENTS; ISOTROPIC PHASE; LYOTROPIC CONCENTRATION; SEMIRIGID POLYMERS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MICELLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLYMERS; THRESHOLD ELEMENTS;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 28844473971     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.031802     Document Type: Article

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