Unconventional spinodal surface fluctuations on polymer films

Langmuir

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1959-1963

  Wang, Y J ^a   Tsui, Ophelia K C ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; NUCLEATION; POLYMERS; THERMAL NOISE; VECTORS;

MEAN-FIELD THEORY; SPINODALLY UNSTABLE POLYMER FILMS; TEMPORAL GROWTH PATTERN; WAVE VECTOR;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33644931327     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la052750y     Document Type: Article

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