Defect Removal in the Course of Directed Self-Assembly is Facilitated in the Vicinity of the Order-Disorder Transition

Li, Weihua; Nealey, Paul F.; de Pablo, Juan J.; Müller, Marcus

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.168301

Title: Defect Removal in the Course of Directed Self-Assembly is Facilitated in the Vicinity of the Order-Disorder Transition

Authors:: Li, Weihua; Nealey, Paul F.; de Pablo, Juan J.; Müller, Marcus

Publication Date:: Wed Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1180942

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 113 Journal Issue: 16; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Li, Weihua, Nealey, Paul F., de Pablo, Juan J., and Müller, Marcus. Defect Removal in the Course of Directed Self-Assembly is Facilitated in the Vicinity of the Order-Disorder Transition.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
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                    Li, Weihua, Nealey, Paul F., de Pablo, Juan J., & Müller, Marcus. Defect Removal in the Course of Directed Self-Assembly is Facilitated in the Vicinity of the Order-Disorder Transition.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.168301

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                    Li, Weihua, Nealey, Paul F., de Pablo, Juan J., and Müller, Marcus. Wed .  
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