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Analysis of the structure of block copolymer films by atomic force microscopy

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The structure of thin films of the polysterene-polymethylacrylate-polysterene triblock copolymer was studied. Universal algorithms to analyze atomic-force-microscopy images of thin block-copolymer films were developed.

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Original Russian Text © E.A. Menshikov, A.V. Bol’shakova, I.V. Yaminskii, 2009, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Fizika, 2009, No. 2, pp. 59–64.

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Menshikov, E.A., Bol’shakova, A.V. & Yaminskii, I.V. Analysis of the structure of block copolymer films by atomic force microscopy. Moscow Univ. Phys. 64, 166–171 (2009). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0027134909020143

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