Sphere-forming diblock copolymers in slit confinement: A dynamic density functional theory study

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 130, Issue 21, 2009, Pages

  Tan, Hongge ^a   Song, Qinggong ^a   Niu, Xiaohui ^a   Wang, Ziyu ^b   Gao, Wenfang ^b   Yan, Dadong ^c  

^a CIVIL AVIATION UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMER FILMS; COPOLYMER FILMS; DIBLOCK COPOLYMER; DYNAMIC DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HOMOGENEOUS SURFACES; MEAN FIELD DYNAMICS; SURFACE FIELD;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COPOLYMERIZATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); MAGNETIC FILMS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SPHERES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 67249109035     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3141985     Document Type: Article

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