Nanostructured thin films of degradable block copolymers and their applications

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  She, Ming Shiuan ^a   Lo, Ting Ya ^a   Hsueh, Han Yu ^a   Ho, Rong Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Block copolymers; Nanopattern; Orientation; Thin films

Indexed keywords

DEGRADABLE BLOCK COPOLYMER; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HIGH-SPECIFIC SURFACES; NANO PATTERN; NANOPOROUS TEMPLATES; NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILM; OXYGEN PLASMA TREATMENTS; SELF ASSEMBLED THIN FILM;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DRUG DELIVERY; HYDROLYSIS; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; POLYSTYRENES; SILICONES; SOL-GELS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84878844622     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2013.5     Document Type: Review

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