Synthesis and thin-film self-assembly of radical-containing diblock copolymers

MRS Communications

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 257-263

  Rostro, Lizbeth ^a   Baradwaj, Aditya G ^a   Muller, Alexander R ^a   Laster, Jennifer S ^a   Boudouris, Bryan W ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; MICROCHANNELS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SELF ASSEMBLY; SILICONES;

ACTIVE BLOCKS; CONJUGATED RADICALS; DOMAIN SPACING; FILM NANOSTRUCTURES; MOLECULAR PROPERTIES; NANO SCALE; NANO-STRUCTURED ELECTRODES; SOLVENT ANNEALING;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84942308473     PISSN: 21596859     EISSN: 21596867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/mrc.2015.27     Document Type: Article

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