Selectively solvated triblock copolymer networks under biaxial strain

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Krishnan, Arjun S ^a   Van Zanten, John H ^a   Seifert, Snke ^b   Lee, Byeongdu ^b   Spontak, Richard J ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIAXIAL STRAINS; FORM FACTORS; HARD-SPHERE MODELS; MICELLAR CORE; PHYSICAL GEL; STRUCTURE FACTORS; SYNCHROTRON SMALL-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERINGS; TEST PLATFORMS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; SPHERES; X RAY SCATTERING;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 80052809163     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3635780     Document Type: Article

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