Insight into clustering in poly(ethylene oxide) solutions

Macromolecules

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 6932-6937

  Hammouda, Boualem ^a   Ho, Derek L ^a   Kline, Steve ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING; MACROMOLECULAR SYSTEMS; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMER COILS;

CROSSLINKING; HYDROGEN BONDS; MACROMOLECULES; NEUTRON SCATTERING; OXYGEN; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS;

POLYETHYLENE OXIDES;

EID: 4544258785     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma049623d     Document Type: Article

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