Thin films of poly(isoprene-b-ethylene oxide) diblock copolymers on mica: An atomic force microscopy study

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2339-2349

  Kalloudis, Michail ^a   Glynos, Emmanouil ^b   Pispas, Stergios ^c   Walker, John ^a   Koutsos, Vasileios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c THEORETICAL AND PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORBED AMOUNT; AMPHIPHILICS; BI-LAYER; BRUSH LAYERS; DENDRITIC NETWORKS; FILM NANOSTRUCTURES; FREE INTERFACE; FRESHLY CLEAVED MICA; HEXAGONAL LATTICE; LOW SURFACE ENERGY; MOLECULAR CHARACTERISTICS; MONOLAYER THICKNESS; MULTILAMELLAR BILAYER; POLYMER MATERIALS; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SEMICRYSTALLINES; STRUCTURAL BEHAVIORS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; DENDRIMERS; ISOPRENE; MONOLAYERS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHASE SEPARATION; THIN FILMS;

MICA;

EID: 84874090965     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la400041x     Document Type: Article

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