Controlling the radial position of nanoparticles in amphiphilic block-copolymer assemblies

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 7836-7842

  Sanchez Gaytan, Brenda L ^a   Li, Shan ^a   Kamps, Amanda C ^a   Hickey, Robert J ^a   Clarke, Nigel ^b   Fryd, Mike ^a   Wayland, Bradford B ^a   Park, So Jung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILICS; CHAIN STRETCHING; DESIGN RULES; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; POLYMER LENGTH; QUANTUM DOT; RADIAL POSITION; SEGREGATION THEORY; SELF-ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE; SIZE AND SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER;

COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; PHASE INTERFACES; POLYMERS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TITRATION; VOLUME FRACTION;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 79955413623     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp1087543     Document Type: Article

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