Disorder-order transition and nanostructure control in a polystyrene-b-poly(styrene) diblock copolymer

Journal of Nanostructured Polymers and Nanocomposites

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-17

  Sanz, Alejandro ^a   Rueda, Daniel R ^a   Ezquerra, Tiberio A ^a   Nogales, Aurora ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIBLOCK COPOLYMER; DISORDER-ORDER TRANSITIONS; INTER-LAYERS; LAMELLAR MORPHOLOGY; LAMELLAR PHASE; LAYERED STRUCTURES; NANO-STRUCTURE CONTROL; NANOPHASE SEPARATION; ORDERING TRANSITIONS; POLY(ETHYL METHACRYLATE); ROOM TEMPERATURE; TIME-TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; UNMIXING;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; STYRENE;

COPOLYMERIZATION;

EID: 79958739990     PISSN: 17904439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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