Aggregation behavior of rod-coil-rod triblock copolymers in a coil-selective solvent

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 330-337

  Omar, Ahmad K ^a   Hanson, Ben ^a   Haws, Ryan T ^b   Hu, Zhongjian ^b   Vanden Bout, David A ^b   Rossky, Peter J ^c   Ganesan, Venkat ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; COPOLYMERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

AGGREGATE MORPHOLOGY; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CONCENTRATED SOLUTION; NUMBER OF CLUSTERS; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; SELF-ASSEMBLY BEHAVIORS; SOLVENT SELECTIVITY; SPATIAL ORGANIZATION;

SOLVENTS;

EID: 84920711903     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp509016c     Document Type: Article

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