SANS from polymers-review of the recent literature

Polymer Reviews

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-39

  Hammouda, Boualem ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blends; Branched polymers; Copolymers; Gels; Nanoscale; Networks; Polymer solutions; Polymer structures; Small range neutron scattering

Indexed keywords

BLENDS; BRANCHED POLYMER; BRANCHED POLYMERS; NANOSCALE NETWORKS; NETWORKS; POLYMER STRUCTURE;

COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; GELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NEUTRONS;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 77649112775     PISSN: 15583724     EISSN: 15583716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15583720903503460     Document Type: Review

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