Spatially localized structures in diblock copolymer mixtures

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2045-2074

  Glasner, Karl B ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; Diblock copolymer; Micelle; Self replication

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILIC BILAYERS; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; CYLINDRICAL MICELLES; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; DIBLOCK COPOLYMER; DIBLOCK COPOLYMER MELTS; DIBLOCK COPOLYMER MICELLES; HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURES; KAWASAKI; LOCALIZED STRUCTURES; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; PERTURBATION ANALYSIS; SELF-REPLICATIONS; SPHERICAL MICELLES; SPINODAL INSTABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONS; TWO-DIMENSION;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COPOLYMERIZATION; MICELLES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 77951179912     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/080743913     Document Type: Article

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