Effect of nanoparticle polydispersity on the self-assembly of polymer tethered nanospheres

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 137, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Phillips, Carolyn L ^a,b   Glotzer, Sharon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BI-LAYER; CRYSTALLINE LAMELLA; DOUBLE-GYROID PHASE; FUNCTIONALIZED; MICRO-PHASE; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; PACKING MOTIFS; PARTIALLY CRYSTALLINE; SELF-ASSEMBLE; SIZE POLYDISPERSITY; SURFACTANT SYSTEM; THERMODYNAMIC PATH;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; LIQUIDS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSPHERES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SELF ASSEMBLY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS; PHASE DIAGRAMS;

NANOPARTICLE; NANOSPHERE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSPHERES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84866366501     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4748817     Document Type: Article

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