On the nature of the breath figures self-assembly in evaporated polymer solutions: Revisiting physical factors governing the patterning

Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 213, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1742-1747

  Bormashenko, Edward ^a   Balter, Sagi ^a   Aurbach, Doron ^b  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

breath figures; honeycomb reliefs; self assembly; surfaces; wetting

Indexed keywords

BREATH-FIGURES; HONEYCOMB RELIEFS; HUMID ATMOSPHERES; PHYSICAL FACTORS; SELF ASSEMBLY PROCESS; TETRA-HYDROFURAN; WETTING PROPERTY;

ACETONE; CARBON DISULFIDE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DICHLOROMETHANE; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYSTYRENES; SURFACES; TOLUENE; WETTING; XYLENE;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84865202542     PISSN: 10221352     EISSN: 15213935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/macp.201200272     Document Type: Article

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