Bates Group Publications

For an introduction to block copolymers, check out this arcticle that appeared in Physics Today:

"Block Copolymers - Designer Soft Materials," by F.S. Bates and G.H. Fredrickson, Physics Today, 52, 32 (1999). --> Access here

Selected Publications

“Phase Behavior of Nonfrustrated ABC Triblock Copolymers: Weak and Intermediate Segregation,” by J. Quin, F.S. Bates, D.C. Morse, Macromolecules, 43, 5128-5136 (2010). DOI: 10.1021/ma100400q
“Mechanism of Molecular Exchange in Diblock Copolymer Micelles: Hypersensitivity to Core Chain Length,” by S.-H. Choi, T.P. Lodge, F.S. Bates, Phys. Rev. Lett., 104, 047802 (2010). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.047802
"The O⁵² Network by Molecular Design: CECD Tetrablock Terpolymers," by M.J. Bluemle, G. Fleury, T.P. Lodge and F.S. Bates, Soft Materials, 5, 1587 (2009). DOI: 10.1039/B902367D
"Lyotropic Phase Behavior of Poly(ethylene oxide)-Poly(butadiene) Diblock Copolymers: Evolution of the Random Network Morphology," by S. Jain, M.H.E. Dyrdal, X. Gong, L.E. Scriven and F.S. Bates, Macromolecules, 41, 3305 (2008). DOI: 10.1021/ma702322b
"Mechanical Consequences of Molecular Composition on Failure in Polyolefin Composites Containing Glassy, Elastomeric, and Semicrystalline Components" by M.K. Mahanthappa, M.A. Hillmyer and F.S. Bates, Macromolecules, 41, 1341 (2008). DOI: 10.1021/ma071196r
"Controlling Bulk Optical Properties of Emissive Polymersomes Through Intramembranous Polymer-Fluorophore Interactions" by P.P. Ghoroghchian, P.R. Frail, J.A. Zuponcich, F.S. Bates, D.H. Hammer and M.J. Therien, Chemistry of Materials, 19, 1309 (2007). DOI: 10.1021/cm062427w
"Disordered Network State in Hydrated Block Copolymer Surfactants" by S. Jain, X. Gong, L.E. Scriven and F.S. Bates, Phys. Rev. Lett., 96, 138304 (2006). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.138304
"Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Semicrystalline-Rubbery-Semicrystalline Triblock Copolymers" by C.M. Koo, L. Wu, L.S. Lim, M.K. Mahanthappa, M.A. Hillmyer and F.S. Bates, Macromolecules, 38, 6090 (2005). DOI: 10.1021/ma0501794
"Ordered Network Phases in Linear Poly(Isoprene-b-Styrene-b-Ethylene Oxide) Triblock Copolymers," by T.H. Epps, III, E.W. Cochran, T.S. Bailey, R.S. Waletzko, C.M. Hardy and F.S. Bates, Macromolecules, 37, 8325 (2004). DOI: 10.1021/ma048762s
"Shear-induced Network-to-Network Transition in a Block Copolymer Melt," by E.W. Cochran and F.S. Bates, Phys. Rev. Lett., 93, 087802 (2004). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.087802
"On the Origins of Morphological Complexity in Aqueous Dispersions of Block Copolymer Surfactants," by S. Jain and F.S. Bates, Science, 300, 460 (2003). DOI: 10.1126/science.1082193
"High Strength Welds in Metallocene Polypropylene/Polyethylene Laminates," by K.A. Chaffin, J.S. Knutsen, F.S., Bates and P. Brant, Science, 288, 2187 (2000). DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5474.2187
"Giant Wormlike Rubber Micelles," by Y.-Y. Won, H.T. Davis and F.S. Bates, Science, 283, 960 (1999). DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5404.960
"Block Copolymers - Designer Soft Materials," by F.S. Bates and G.H. Fredrickson, Physics Today, 52, 32 (1999). DOI: 10.1063/1.882522
"Polymersomes: Vesicles Made from Diblock Copolymers," by B.M. Discher, Y.-Y. Won, D.S. Ege, J. C.-M. Lee, F.S. Bates, D.E. Discher and D.A. Hammer, Science, 284, 1143 (1999). DOI: 10.1126/science.284.5417.1143

Bates Group Publications

Selected Publications

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