Fractionated crystallization and fractionated melting of confined PEO microdomains in PB-b-PEO and PE-b-PEO diblock copolymers

Macromolecules

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 879-889

  Castillo, R V ^a   Arnal, M L ^a   Muller A J ^a   Hamley, I W ^b   Castelletto, V ^b   Schmalz, H ^c   Abetz, V ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC POLYMERIZATION; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SCATTERING;

CYLINDER-SPHERE DOMAINS; FRACTIONATED CRYSTALLIZATION; POLYBUTADIENE;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 39749138231     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma0718907     Document Type: Article

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