Swelling structure of thin poly(methyl methacrylate) films in various alkyl length alcohols

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 881-885

  Atarashi, Hironori ^a   Morita, Hiroshi ^b   Yamazaki, Dai ^c   Hino, Masahiro ^d   Nagamura, Toshihiko ^a   Tanaka, Keiji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Macromolecules; Soft Matter

Indexed keywords

GLASSY POLYMERS; LIQUID/LIQUID INTERFACE; MACROSCOPIC PHASE SEPARATION; NON-SOLVENTS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE FILMS; SOFT MATTER; SPECULAR NEUTRON REFLECTIVITIES; SUBSTRATE INTERFACE;

ESTERS; HYDROCARBONS; MACROMOLECULES; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER FILMS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 77949400689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz100041h     Document Type: Article

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