Phase transition and morphology of polydispersed AB A′ triblock copolymers determined by continuous and discrete simulations

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Soldera, Armand ^a   Qi, Yue ^b   Capehart, Weston T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYDISPERSITY; POLYMERS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CONDUCTIVE PROPERTIES; CONTINUOUS AND DISCRETE SIMULATIONS; DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS; DISCRETE SAMPLINGS; MESOSCALE LEVELS; ORDERED STATE; PHASE SEGREGATIONS; POLYMER CHAINS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; RANDOM PHASE APPROXIMATIONS; TRI-BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 60349128366     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3071194     Document Type: Article

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