Lamellar morphology induced by two-step surface-directed spinodal decomposition in binary polymer mixture films

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Yan, Li Tang ^a   Xie, Xu Ming ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL POTENTIAL; LAMELLAR STRUCTURES; NUMERICAL METHODS; POLYMERS;

BINARY POLYMER MIXTURE FILMS; LAMELLAR MORPHOLOGY;

SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 38349190652     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2819676     Document Type: Article

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