Chain entropy and wetting energy control the shape of nanopatterned polymer brushes

Macromolecules

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 6859-6863

  Jonas, Alain M ^a,b   Zhijun, Hu ^a   Glinel, Karine ^b,c   Huck, Wilhelm T S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; CURING; POLYMERS; WETTING;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ETHYL METHACRYLATES; GENERAL MODELS; LATERAL DIMENSIONS; MICROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; NANODROPLETS; POLYMER BRUSHES; POLYMER CHAINS; WETTING ENERGIES;

BRUSHES;

EID: 54849421975     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma801584k     Document Type: Article

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