Phase behaviors and ordering dynamics of diblock copolymer self-assembly directed by lateral hexagonal confinement

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 137, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Xu, Yuci ^a   Xie, Nan ^a   Li, Weihua ^a   Qiu, Feng ^a,b   Shi, An Chang ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TIME; EQUILIBRIUM PHASIS; GINZBURG-LANDAU; LATERAL CONFINEMENT; OPTIMAL SIZE; ORDERING DYNAMICS; ORDERING EVENTS; POWER LAW RELATION; SELF-CONSISTENT-FIELD THEORY; SMALL SYSTEMS; STABLE PHASE; THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS; TIME-DEPENDENT;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); MEAN FIELD THEORY; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SELF ASSEMBLY;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 84870201961     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4765098     Document Type: Article

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