Asymmetric poly(ethylene-alt-propylene)-poly(ethylene oxide) micelles: A system with starlike morphology and interactions

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

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Laurati, M ^a,c   Stellbrink, J ^a   Lund, R ^a,d   Willner, L ^a   Zaccarelli, E ^b   Richter, D ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MICELLES; NEUTRON SCATTERING; POLYMERS; SURFACE TENSION;

POLY BUTADIENE; POLYETHYLENE PROPYLENE; STAR POLYMERS;

POLYETHYLENE OXIDES;

EID: 35348974523     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.76.041503     Document Type: Article

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