Effective Morphology Control of Block Copolymers and Spreading Area-Dependent Phase Diagram at the Air/Water Interface

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1865-1871

  Kim, Dong Hyup ^a   Kim, So Youn ^a  

^a Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SELF ASSEMBLY; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

AIR/WATER INTERFACES; BOTTOM-UP NANOFABRICATION; FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS; LANGMUIR BLODGETT TECHNIQUES; MORPHOLOGY CONTROL; NANOSTRUCTURE FORMATION; PERIODIC NANOSTRUCTURE; POLY(2-VINYLPYRIDINE) (P2VP);

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 85018463800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b00471     Document Type: Article

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