Interfacial segregation in polymer blends driven by acid-base interactions

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 51, 2013, Pages 15727-15731

  Prasad, Shishir ^a   Zhu, He ^a   Kurian, Anish ^a   Badge, Ila ^a   Dhinojwala, Ali ^a  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERS; SUBSTRATES;

ACID BASE INTERACTION; INTERFACIAL CONCENTRATIONS; INTERFACIAL SEGREGATION; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) (PMMA); SAPPHIRE SUBSTRATES; SAPPHIRE SURFACE; SOLID SUBSTRATES; SUM-FREQUENCY GENERATION SPECTROSCOPY;

SAPPHIRE;

EID: 84896525931     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la403418h     Document Type: Article

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