@article{90a143c8442c4099bf0dd8cf623f4a61,
title = "Micelle formation in triblock copolymer solutions",
abstract = "Using the self-consistent field treatment, we investigate the structures and the phase behavior of micelles formed in symmetric and asymmetric triblock copolymer solutions. We find that the asymmetry of the block copolymer lowers the critical micelle concentration due to the gain of the conformational entropy. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.",
keywords = "Critical micelle concentration, Polydispersity, Triblock copolymer",
author = "M. Monzen and T. Kawakatsu and M. Doi and R. Hasegawa",
note = "Funding Information: The authors would like to thank T. Nose and K. Inomata for useful discussions and comments. This work is partially supported by the National project, which has been entrusted to the Japan Chemical Innovation Institute by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) under MITI's Program for the Scientific Technology Development for Industries that Creates New Industries. It is also supported by Grant-in-aid for Science Nos. 09305061 and 10740195 from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan, and by the Super Computer Center of the Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Japan.",
year = "2000",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1016/S1089-3156(99)00052-5",
language = "English",
volume = "10",
pages = "275--280",
journal = "Computational and Theoretical Polymer Science",
issn = "1089-3156",
publisher = "Elsevier BV",
number = "3-4",
}