Kinetics of hexagonal-body-centered cubic transition in a triblock copolymer in a selective solvent: Time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering measurements and model calculations

Macromolecules

Volumn 40, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 9491-9502

  Li, Minghai ^a   Liu, Yongsheng ^a   Nie, Huifen ^a   Bansil, Rama ^a   Steinhart, Milos ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC FLUCTUATIONS; METASTABILITY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATION; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYSTYRENES; RHEOLOGY; SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION; X RAY SCATTERING;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 38349170633     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma0716276     Document Type: Article

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