Double gyroid network morphology in supramolecular diblock copolymer complexes

Macromolecules

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3503-3512

  Vukovic, Ivana ^a   Voortman, Thomas P ^a   Merino, Daniel Hermida ^b,c   Portale, Giuseppe ^b,c   Hiekkataipale, Panu ^d   Ruokolainen, Janne ^d   Brinke, Gerrit Ten ^a   Loos, Katja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c DUTCH POLYMER INSTITUTE DPI   (Netherlands)

^d AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER STRUCTURE; GYROID PHASE; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; NANOPOROUS STRUCTURES; NETWORK MORPHOLOGY; PS-B-P4VP; RESEARCH EFFORTS; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; SUPRAMOLECULAR COMPLEXES; SUPRAMOLECULAR DIBLOCK COPOLYMER; TEM IMAGES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM); UNIT CELLS; WAGON-WHEELS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 84860207102     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma300273f     Document Type: Article

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