Surface phase behavior in binary polymer mixtures. II. Surface enrichment from polyolefin blends

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 8795-8806

  Scheffold, Frank ^a   Budkowski, Andrzej ^a,c   Steiner, Ullrich ^a   Eiser, Erika ^a   Klein, Jacob ^a   Fetters, Lewis J ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

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EID: 0000352614     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.471569     Document Type: Article

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