Self-assembly of amphiphilic block copolymers in dispersions of multiwalled carbon nanotubes as reported by spin probe electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy

Macromolecules

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 606-614

  Shvartzman Cohen, Rina ^a   Monje, Ivonne ^b   Florent, Marc ^b   Frydman, Veronica ^a,b   Goldfarb, Daniella ^b   Yerushalmi Rozen, Rachel ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILIC BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; DYNAMICAL BEHAVIORS; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYBRID POLYMERS; LOCAL DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PROBES; PLURONICS; POLYMER AGGREGATES; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMER HYBRID; SINGLE-WALLED NANOTUBE; SIZE MATCHING; SPIN PROBE;

AGGLOMERATION; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; COPOLYMERIZATION; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRON RESONANCE; ETHYLENE; INSECTICIDES; MICELLES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOSTRUCTURES; PARAMAGNETIC MATERIALS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETISM; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; PROBES; PROPYLENE; SELF ASSEMBLY; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SPECTROSCOPY; SPIN DYNAMICS;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 74849124065     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma9019398     Document Type: Article

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