Enhanced nanoscale imaging of polymer blends by temperature-controlled selective dissolution

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Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 237-240

  Friedel, Bettina ^a,b   Ehrler, Bruno ^a   Hüttner, Sven ^a   Greenham, Neil C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

3D structure; nanoscale imaging; organic electronics; polymer blends; temperature dependent solubility

Indexed keywords

3D STRUCTURE; ATOMIC FORCE; BLEND FILMS; NANO-SCALE IMAGING; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; SELECTIVE DISSOLUTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

DISSOLUTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 84856015374     PISSN: 16136810     EISSN: 16136829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201101860     Document Type: Article

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