Surfactant addition effects on dispersion and microdomain orientation in SBS triblock copolymer/alumina nanoparticle composites

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1240-1249

  Ocando, C ^a   Tercjak, A ^a   Mondragon, I ^a  

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

Author keywords

Alumina nanoparticles; Dispersion; Self assembling; Surfactant; Triblock copolymer

Indexed keywords

ADDITION EFFECT; AFM; ALUMINA NANOPARTICLE; ANNEALING CONDITION; DODECANETHIOLS; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HEXAGONAL ARRAYS; MATRIX; MICRODOMAIN; MICROPHASE SEPARATED; ORGANIC SURFACTANTS; POLY(STYRENE-B-BUTADIENE-B-STYRENE); SELF-ASSEMBLED; SELF-ASSEMBLING; SURFACTANT; TRIBLOCK COPOLYMER; TRIBLOCK COPOLYMERS;

ALUMINUM; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; BUTADIENE; COPOLYMERIZATION; GLASS TRANSITION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; STYRENE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 79955893572     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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