Order-disorder transition and alignment dynamics of a block copolymer under high magnetic fields by in situ X-ray scattering

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Gopinadhan, Manesh ^a   Majewski, Paweł W ^a   Choo, Youngwoo ^a   Osuji, Chinedum O ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT DYNAMICS; COMPETING EFFECTS; FIELD ANNEALING; FIELD EFFECTS; FIELD INTERACTIONS; FIELD-INDUCED; GRAIN ROTATION; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; INFLUENCE OF MAGNETIC FIELD; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE; MESOPHASES; SITU X-RAY SCATTERINGS; SUBCOOLINGS; TIME RESOLVED MEASUREMENT;

ALIGNMENT; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; ISOTHERMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ISOTHERMAL ANNEALING;

EID: 84874090621     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.078301     Document Type: Article

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