Self-Assembly and Applications of Polyferrocenylsilane Block Copolymers

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 491-526

  Whittell, George R ^a   Gwyther, Jessica ^a   Rider, David A ^a   Manners, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Block copolymers; Iron catalysis; Living polymerizations; Metal containing polymers; Nanolithography; Ring opening polymerizations; Solution state self assembly; Thin film self assembly

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886151894     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470825150.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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