Control of corona composition and morphology in aggregates of mixtures of PS-b -PAA and PS-b -P4VP diblock Copolymers: Effects of pH and block length

Langmuir

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 5031-5040

  Vyhnalkova, Renata ^a   Müller, Axel H E ^b   Eisenberg, Adi ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CHAINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; HYDROPHILICITY; MIXTURES; MORPHOLOGY; POLYSTYRENES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

4-VINYLPYRIDINE; AGGREGATE FORMATION; ASSEMBLY PARAMETERS; COIL DIMENSIONS; HYDROPHILIC BLOCKS; INTERFACIAL COMPOSITION; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; MORPHOLOGY CHANGES;

PH EFFECTS;

EID: 84899816054     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la500712b     Document Type: Article

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