A light and X-Ray scattering study of aqueous micellar solutions of a diblock copolymer of propylene oxide and ethylene oxide with solubilized alkylcyanobiphenyl liquid crystals

Journal of Macromolecular Science - Physics

Volumn 43 B, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 893-912

  Fundin, Johan ^a   Castelletto, Valeria ^a   Yang, Zhuo ^b   Hamley, Ian W ^a   Waigh, Thomas A ^a   Price, Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diblock copolymers; Micelles; SAXS; Solubilized liquid crystals

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SCATTERING; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICELLES; POLYPROPYLENES; SOLUTIONS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

SMALL-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; SOLUBILIZATION; SOLUBILIZED LIQUID CRYSTALS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 5744220751     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/MB-200033253     Document Type: Article

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