A theoretical study of phase behaviors for diblock copolymers in selective solvents

Macromolecules

Volumn 42, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 6791-6798

  Suo, Tongchuan ^a   Yan, Dadong ^a   Yang, Shuang ^a   Shi, An Chang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCC STRUCTURE; DIBLOCK COPOLYMER; DIBLOCK COPOLYMER SOLUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FEE STRUCTURE; ORDERED STRUCTURES; SELECTIVE SOLVENTS; SELF-CONSISTENT MEAN-FIELD THEORIES; SOLVENT INTERACTIONS; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COPOLYMERIZATION; MEAN FIELD THEORY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SOLVENTS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 69549095764     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma900939u     Document Type: Article

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