Intrachain ordering and segregation of polymers under confinement

Macromolecules

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3256-3262

  Jung, Youngkyun ^a   Kim, Juin ^b   Jun, Suckjoon ^c   Ha, Bae Yeun ^d  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFINED SPACE; CYLINDRICAL SPACE; E. COLI; LENGTH SCALE; LINEAR ARRAYS; LINEAR ORDERINGS; LINEAR REGIME; ORDERING AND SEGREGATION; SCALING REGIMES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84859579676     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma2025732     Document Type: Article

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