Effect of conformational asymmetry on the self-assembly of amphiphilic diblock copolymer in selective solvent

Polymer Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 805-815

  Li, Wei ^a,b   Jiang, Wei ^a,b  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Conformational asymmetry; Diblock copolymer; Selectivity; Self assembly; Self consistent field theory

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILIC DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS; DIBLOCK COPOLYMER; ENTROPIC CONTRIBUTIONS; INTERACTION PARAMETERS; MORPHOLOGY CHANGES; REAL-SPACE; SELECTIVE SOLVENTS; SELF CONSISTENT FIELD THEORY; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SPHERE-TO-ROD;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COPOLYMERIZATION; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

EID: 77951497754     PISSN: 01700839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-010-0265-2     Document Type: Article

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