Grain shapes and growth kinetics during self-assembly of block copolymers

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 481-491

  Chastek, Thomas Q ^a   Lodge, Timothy P ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Block copolymers; Crystallization; Growth; Imaging; Morphology; Nucleation; Self assembly; Spherulites

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; ORDERING KINETICS; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY (POM); SPHERULITES;

CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GROWTH KINETICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 33644518453     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.20718     Document Type: Article

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