Crystallization of block copolymers in restricted cylindrical geometries

Polymer

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 330-340

  Vasilev, Cvetelin ^a,c   Reiter, Günter ^a   Pispas, Stergios ^b,d   Hadjichristidis, Nikos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE HAUTE ALSACE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d THEORETICAL AND PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Block copolymers; Confined crystallization

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; REACTION KINETICS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

CONFINED CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; CYLINDRICAL GEOMETRIES; STRUCTURAL RELAXATIONS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

BLOCK COPOLYMER;

EID: 29144480513     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2005.11.040     Document Type: Article

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