Dewetting instability during the formation of polymersomes from block-copolymer-stabilized double emulsions

Langmuir

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 4457-4461

  Hayward, Ryan C ^a   Utada, Andrew S ^a   Dan, Nily ^b   Weitz, David A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE EMULSION DROPLETS; PARTIAL WETTING; POLYMER VESICLES; POLYMERSOMES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EMULSIONS; POLYSTYRENES; WETTING;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 33744816176     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la060094b     Document Type: Article

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