Single Chain Dynamic Structure Factor of Linear Polymers in an All-Polymer Nano-Composite

Macromolecules

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2354-2364

  Arbe, Arantxa ^a   Pomposo, José A ^a,b,c   Asenjo Sanz, Isabel ^a   Bhowmik, Debsindhu ^d,g   Ivanova, Oxana ^e   Kohlbrecher, Joachim ^f   Colmenero, Juan ^a,b,d  

^a CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^d DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^e FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^f PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^g WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERS; ETHYLENE; MIXTURES; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYMERS;

DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; DYNAMIC ASYMMETRY; GLOBULAR CONFORMATIONS; LINEAR PRECURSORS; POLY (ETHYLENE OXIDE) (PEO); POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; SINGLE-CHAIN DYNAMICS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION;

CHAINS;

EID: 84962092498     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: 15205835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02519     Document Type: Article

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