Control of morphology and corona composition in aggregates of mixtures of PS- b -PAA and PS- b -P4VP diblock copolymers: Effects of solvent, water content, and mixture composition

Langmuir

Volumn 30, Issue 44, 2014, Pages 13152-13163

  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

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CHAINS; COPOLYMERS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICELLES; MIXTURES; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SOLVENTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ASSEMBLY PARAMETERS; CONTROL OF MORPHOLOGY; COPOLYMER AGGREGATES; HYDROPHOBIC BLOCKS; INTERACTION PARAMETERS; MIXTURE COMPOSITIONS; PROGRESSIVE ADDITIONS; SPHERICAL MICELLES;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84911215536     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la5028527     Document Type: Article

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