Asymmetric vesicle constructed by AB/CB diblock copolymer mixture and its behavior: A monte carlo study

Langmuir

Volumn 30, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 9219-9227

  Cui, Jie ^a   Han, Yuanyuan ^a   Jiang, Wei ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CHAIN LENGTH; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MIXTURES; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CONFORMATIONAL ENTROPY; DISTRIBUTION REGULARITIES; DRIVING FORCES; HYDROPHILIC BLOCKS; OUTER SURFACE; SELECTIVE SOLVENTS; THREE-LAYER; VESICLE STRUCTURES;

HYDROPHILICITY;

EID: 84905675679     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la501674a     Document Type: Article

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