Macromolecular effect on crystal pattern formation in ultra-thin films: Molecular segregation in a binary blend of PEO fractions

Polymer

Volumn 50, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 6157-6165

  Jin, Liuxin ^a   Zhang, Guoliang ^a   Zhai, Xuemei ^a   Ma, Zhenpeng ^a   Zheng, Ping ^a   Wang, Wei ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Pattern formation; Polymer blends

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; CRYSTALLIZATION; OXIDE FILMS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYMER BLENDS; SILICON WAFERS; TECHNETIUM; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

CO-CRYSTALLIZATIONS; CRYSTALLIZATION OF POLYMERS; FUNCTION OF TIME; MOLECULAR MOTIONS; MOLECULAR SEGREGATION; PATTERN FORMATION; PATTERN FORMATION MECHANISM; POLYETHYLENE OXIDE (PEO);

SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

CRYSTALLIZATION; FILM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENE OXIDE; POLYMER BLEND;

EID: 70449700221     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2009.10.041     Document Type: Article

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