Mapping of carbon nanotubes in the polystyrene domains of a polystyrene-b-polyisoprene-b-polystyrene block copolymer matrix using electrostatic force microscopy

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2590-2595

  Peponi, Laura ^a   Tercjak, Agnieszka ^b   Gutierrez, Junkal ^b   Cardinali, Marta ^a   Mondragon, Iñaki ^b   Valentini, Luca ^a   Kenny, Jos M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER MATRIX; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FUNCTIONALIZED; MATRIX; NANO-FILLERS; OCTADECYLAMINES; POLYSTYRENE BLOCK; SELF-ASSEMBLED;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; COPOLYMERIZATION; ELECTRIC FURNACES; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE; POLYSTYRENES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

ELECTRIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

EID: 77955227045     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.03.062     Document Type: Article

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