Diving into the finestructure of macroporous polymer foams synthesized via emulsion templating: A phase diagram study

Langmuir

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 537-542

  Quell, Aggeliki ^a   Sottmann, Thomas ^a   Stubenrauch, Cosima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPS; MECHANICAL STABILITY; MICROEMULSIONS; TEXTURES;

DIFFERENT LENGTH SCALE; EMULSION TEMPLATING; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GRANULAR TEXTURE; MACROPOROUS POLYMERS; MONODISPERSE POLYMERS; TAILOR-MADE POLYMERS; W/O MICROEMULSIONS;

EMULSIFICATION;

EID: 85029308054     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03762     Document Type: Article

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