Single-molecule tracking studies of millimeter-scale cylindrical domain alignment in polystyrene-poly(ethylene oxide) diblock copolymer films induced by solvent vapor penetration

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1968-1973

  Tran Ba, Khanh Hoa ^a   Finley, Jason J ^a   Higgins, Daniel A ^a   Ito, Takashi ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 ,4-DIOXANE; BLOCK COPOLYMER FILMS; CYLINDRICAL DOMAIN; DIBLOCK CO-POLYMER FILMS; DOMAIN SIZE; DYE MOLECULE; ETHYLENE OXIDES; GLASS PLATE; MICRO-DOMAINS; NANOSCALE DOMAIN; ORDER PARAMETER; POSITIONING ERROR; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SINGLE-MOLECULE TRACKING; SOLVENT VAPORS;

BENZENE; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; ETHERS; MOLECULES; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYSTYRENES; PROBES; THICK FILMS; TOLUENE; VAPORS;

ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84864773509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz300647z     Document Type: Article

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