Mechanical properties of poly(dimethylsiloxane)-block-poly(2- methyloxazoline) polymersomes probed by atomic force Microscopy

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 34, 2012, Pages 12629-12636

  Jaskiewicz, Karmena ^a   Makowski, Marcin ^a,b   Kappl, Michael ^a   Landfester, Katharina ^a   Kroeger, Anja ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACIDS; AFM; ATOMIC FORCE; BENDING MODULI; BI-LAYER; BILAYER THICKNESS; CRYO-TEM; CRYOGENIC TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (CRYO-TEM); DRIVING FORCES; ELASTIC RESPONSE; EXTERNAL STIMULUS; FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDRODYNAMIC RADIUS; LIPID VESICLES; MULTILAYER STACKS; POLYMERSOMES; SILICON WAFER SUBSTRATES; VESICLE FUSION; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ADSORPTION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICA; MICROCHANNELS; POLYSTYRENES; SILICON WAFERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84867494302     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la301608k     Document Type: Article

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