Morphologies of Block and Star-Branched Polymers with Three Components

Complex Macromolecular Architectures: Synthesis, Characterization, and Self-Assembly

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 569-591

  Hasegawa, Hirokazu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archimedean tiling; Block copolymer; Microdomain morphology; Microphase separation; Miktoarm star; Network morphology; Self assembly; Transmission electron microscopy; Triblock terpolymer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885109271     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470825150.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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