@misc{georgopanos_synthesis_molecular_2017, author={Georgopanos, P.,Lo, T.-Y.,Ho, R.-M.,Avgeropoulos, A.}, title={Synthesis, molecular characterization and self-assembly of (PS-b-PDMS)n type linear (n = 1, 2) and star (n = 3, 4) block copolymers}, year={2017}, howpublished = {journal article}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1039/C6PY01768A}, abstract = {Well-defined linear (n = 1, 2) and star (n = 3, 4) architecture [polystyrene-b-poly(dimethylsiloxane)]n or (PS-b-PDMS)n block copolymers were synthesized by anionic polymerization and using various chlorosilanes as linking agents. The self-assembly of the novel synthesized copolymers revealed that microphase separation for the star-block copolymers is significantly influenced by entropy constraints due to the increased number of junction points.}, note = {Online available at: \url{https://doi.org/10.1039/C6PY01768A} (DOI). Georgopanos, P.; Lo, T.; Ho, R.; Avgeropoulos, A.: Synthesis, molecular characterization and self-assembly of (PS-b-PDMS)n type linear (n = 1, 2) and star (n = 3, 4) block copolymers. Polymer Chemistry. 2017. vol. 8, no. 5, 843-850. DOI: 10.1039/C6PY01768A}}