Confined sphere-forming block copolymers: Phase behavior and the role of chain architecture

Macromolecules

Volumn 42, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 8500-8512

  Sevink, G J A ^a   Zvelindovsky, A V ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABA BLOCK COPOLYMERS; BULK STRUCTURE; CHAIN ARCHITECTURE; CHAIN CONFORMATIONS; CONFINED CYLINDER; DIBLOCKS; DYNAMIC DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EXTENDED SURFACES; FORMING SYSTEMS; LAMELLAR SURFACE; NEW STRUCTURES; REPULSIVE INTERACTIONS; SURFACE FIELD; SURFACE LAYERS; TRIBLOCKS; WETTING CONDITIONS; WETTING LAYER;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COPOLYMERIZATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); PHASE BEHAVIOR; SPHERES; SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION; THICK FILMS; WETTING;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 70449348571     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma9014438     Document Type: Article

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