Architectural effect on the surface tension of an aba triblock copolymer melt

Macromolecules

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1671-1674

  Matsen, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABA TRIBLOCK COPOLYMER; CONFIGURATIONAL ENTROPY; ENTROPIC CONTRIBUTIONS; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS;

COPOLYMERIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 76149122865     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma902173w     Document Type: Article

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