Self-assembly behavior of ABA coil-rod-coil triblock copolymers: A Brownian dynamics simulation approach

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Li, Yongliang ^a   Lin, Shaoliang ^a   He, Xiaohua ^b   Lin, Jiaping ^a   Jiang, Tao ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STRUCTURES; BLOCK LENGTHS; BROWNIAN DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; BROWNIAN MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; GRAFTING DENSITIES; ROD-COIL DIBLOCK; SEGREGATION STRENGTH; SELECTIVE SOLVENTS; SELF-ASSEMBLY BEHAVIORS; SIMULATION RESULT; STRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COPOLYMERIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

PLASTIC PRODUCTS;

EID: 79960224516     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3606396     Document Type: Article

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