Inorganic Nanoparticle Induced Morphological Transition for Confined Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers within Emulsion Droplets

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 121, Issue 35, 2017, Pages 8417-8425

  Zhang, Yan ^a,b   He, Yun ^a   Yan, Nan ^a   Zhu, Yutian ^a   Hu, Yuexin ^b  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b LIAONING SHIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASTIC COATINGS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

CONFORMATIONAL ENTROPY; ENTHALPIC INTERACTIONS; ENTROPIC INTERACTIONS; INORGANIC NANOPARTICLE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRANSITIONS; NANOSTRUCTURED HYBRIDS; POLY(2-VINYLPYRIDINE) (P2VP); THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 85029081953     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b06701     Document Type: Article

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