Shear-induced mixing and demixing in poly(styrene-co-maleic anhydride)/poly(methyl methacrylate) blends

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1227-1247

  Chopra, Divya ^a,b   Vlassopoulos, Dimitris ^a   Hatzikiriakos, Savvas G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0000062387     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.550927     Document Type: Article

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