Depletion-induced surface alignment of asymmetric diblock copolymer in selective solvents

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Wang, Rong ^a   Chen, Yeng Long ^b   Hu, Jinglei ^a   Xue, Gi ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COLLOIDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPOLYMERIZATION; ISOMERS; MAGNETIC FILMS; MICELLES; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE MODULATION; PHASE SEPARATION; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; SEPARATION; SOLVENTS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BULK SOLUTIONS; CONFINED SYSTEMS; DEPLETION LAYERS; DIBLOCK CO-POLYMER; DILUTE SOLUTIONS; FILM-THICKNESS; HARD SURFACING; MICELLE FORMATION; PHASE REGIONS; POLYMER CONFORMATIONS; POLYMER DISTRIBUTION; RADIUS OF GYRATION; REAL-SPACE; REPULSIVE INTERACTIONS; SELECTIVE SOLVENTS; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SELF-CONSISTENT-FIELD THEORY; SURFACE ALIGNMENT; SURFACE PHASE;

POLYMERS;

EID: 49149093042     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2957746     Document Type: Article

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