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Title: Anatomy of triply-periodic network assemblies: characterizing skeletal and inter-domain surface geometry of block copolymer gyroids

Journal Article · · Soft Matter
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c8sm00078f· OSTI ID:1540080
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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering; University of Massachusetts; Amherst; USA
  2. Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM); Tohoku University; Sendai; Japan
  3. Department of Chemical Engineering; National Tsing Hua University; Hsinchu 30013; Taiwan
  4. Department of Material Science and Nano Engineering; Rice University; Houston; USA
  5. Department of Polymer Science and Engineering; University of Massachusetts; Amherst; USA

Mesogeometric anatomy – 2D inter-material surfaces and 1D skeletons – extracted from triply-periodic, double-gyroid network assembled from triblock copolymers.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
SC0014549
OSTI ID:
1540080
Journal Information:
Soft Matter, Vol. 14, Issue 18; ISSN 1744-683X
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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