Small-angle scattering of block copolymers in the melt, solution and crystal states

Progress in Polymer Science (Oxford)

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 909-948

  Hamley, Ian W ^a   Castelletto, Valeria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Block Copolymers; Neutron Scattering; Small Angle Scattering; X ray Scattering

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MELTING; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NUCLEATION; POLYETHYLENES; SOLUTIONS; X RAY SCATTERING;

CRYSTAL STATES; RANDOM PHASE APPROXIMATION; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; WAVE VECTOR;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 4444376213     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2004.06.001     Document Type: Review

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