Morphological control via chemical and shear forces in block copolymer self-assembly in the lab-on-chip

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1424-1436

  Wang, Chih Wei ^a   Sinton, David ^b   Moffitt, Matthew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

block copolymers; directed assembly; micelle morphologies; microfluidics; polymer vesicles; self assembly

Indexed keywords

ADDED SALT; BI-LAYER; BLOCK COPOLYMER SELF-ASSEMBLY; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; CHEMICAL CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL FORCES; COALESCENCE AND BREAKUPS; CONTROL MORPHOLOGY; DIRECTED ASSEMBLY; GAS LIQUIDS; LAB-ON-CHIP; MICELLE MORPHOLOGY; MICELLE SIZE; MICRO-FLUIDIC REACTORS; MOLECULAR SELF ASSEMBLY; MORPHOLOGICAL CONTROL; NANO SCALE; OFF-CHIP; ON CHIPS; POLYMER COLLOIDS; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; POLYMER VESICLE; SALT CONCENTRATION; SHEAR EFFECT; SHEAR FORCE; SHEAR-INDUCED; SOLVENT COMPOSITION; TOPDOWN;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COALESCENCE; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); MICELLES; MICROFLUIDICS; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; POLYMERS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SPHERES;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 84874441283     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn305197m     Document Type: Article

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