Structural characterization of amphiphilic polymer conetworks end-linked with the optimal amount of cross-linker

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 441-449

  Rikkou, Maria D ^a   Loizou, Elena ^a   Patrickios, Costas S ^a   Porcar, Lionel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

2 (Dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate; ABA triblock copolymers; Amphiphilic conetworks; End linked networks; Ethylene glycol dimethacrylate; Methyl methacrylate

Indexed keywords

2-(DIMETHYLAMINO)ETHYL METHACRYLATE; ABA TRIBLOCK COPOLYMER; AMPHIPHILIC CONETWORKS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMETHACRYLATE; METHYL METHACRYLATES;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; ESTERS; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; NEUTRON SCATTERING; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMER BLENDS;

COPOLYMERIZATION;

EID: 76749107400     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2009.10.024     Document Type: Article

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