Surface phase behavior in binary polymer mixtures. I. Miscibility, phase coexistence, and interactions in polyolefin blends

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 8786-8794

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

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

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EID: 0000352615     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.471568     Document Type: Article

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