Understanding and controlling morphology formation in Langmuir-Blodgett block copolymer films using PS-P4VP and PS-P4VP/PDP

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 4502-4519

  Perepichka, Iryna I ^a   Lu, Qing ^a   Badia, Antonella ^a   Bazuin, C Geraldine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILIC DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS; BLOCK COPOLYMER FILMS; COMPOSITIONAL EFFECTS; HYDROPHILIC BLOCKS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERS; MORPHOLOGY FORMATION; RELATIVE EFFECTIVE SURFACE AREA; SPREADING SOLUTION CONCENTRATION;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; FILM GROWTH; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROPHILICITY; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOLAYERS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; POLYSTYRENES;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 84875968005     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la3040962     Document Type: Article

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