Effects of polydispersity on the order-disorder transition in block copolymer melts

Macromolecules

Volumn 40, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 8050-8055

  Lynd, Nathaniel A ^a   Hillmyer, Marc A ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE POTENTIAL; MICRODOMAINS; POLYDISPERSITY INDEX; SEGREGATION STRENGTH;

MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYDISPERSITY; POLYSTYRENES; RHEOLOGY;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 36049027732     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma070962r     Document Type: Article

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