Controllable nanostructural transitions in grafted nanoparticle-block copolymer composites

Nano Research

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 356-362

  Xu, Guang Kui ^a   Feng, Xi Qiao ^a   Yu, Shou Wen ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Block copolymer; Nanocomposite; Pattern formation; Self assembly; Self consistent field theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953026081     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-010-1039-8     Document Type: Article

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