Block copolymer-nanoparticle composites: Structure, functional properties, and processing

Progress in Polymer Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 33-62

  Sarkar, Biswajit ^a   Alexandridis, Paschalis ^a  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Block copolymer; Nano composite; Nano hybrid; Nanoparticle; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOMAGNETICS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PROCESSING; SELF ASSEMBLY; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

BLOCK-COPOLYMER NANOPARTICLES; ENGINEERED NANOMATERIALS; HIERARCHICAL MORPHOLOGY; LARGE-SCALE PROCESSING; NANO HYBRIDS; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATION; TECHNOLOGICAL EXPLOITATION;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 85027920714     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2014.10.009     Document Type: Review

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