Synthesis and morphological characterization of miktoarm star copolymers (PCL)2(PS)2 of poly(ε-caprolactone) and polystyrene

Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 5387-5397

  Lorenzo, Arnaldo T ^a   Müller, Alejandro J ^a   Priftis, Dimitrios ^b   Pitsikalis, Marinos ^b   Hadjichristidis, Nikos ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); Living radical polymerization; Miktoarm stars; Polarized optical microscopy; Ring opening polymerization; TEM

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; LIVING POLYMERIZATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HETEROFUNCTIONAL INITIATORS; MIKTOARM STARS; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 36549048389     PISSN: 0887624X     EISSN: 10990518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pola.22283     Document Type: Article

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