Nanoparticle directed domain orientation in thin films of asymmetric block copolymers

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 292, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2249-2260

  Horechyy, Andriy ^a   Nandan, Bhanu ^b   Zafeiropoulos, Nikolaos E ^c   Jehnichen, Dieter ^a   Göbel, Michael ^a   Stamm, Manfred ^a,d   Pospiech, Doris ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Block copolymer; Domain orientation; Nanoparticles; Self assembly; Thin polymer films

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; ESTERS; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMER FILMS; SELF ASSEMBLY; THIN FILMS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DOMAIN ORIENTATION; INFLUENCE DOMAINS; IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; METHYL METHACRYLATES; SUBSTRATE SURFACE; THIN FILM MORPHOLOGY; THIN POLYMER FILMS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

COPOLYMER; NANOFILM; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLY(PENTYL METHACRYLATE) BLOCK POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYSTYLRENE BLOCK POLY(4 VINYLPYRIDINE); POLYSTYRENE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENERGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFABRICATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84906939081     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: 14351536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-014-3251-7     Document Type: Article

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