Multicomponent polyolefin blends with ordered and disordered microstructures

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 589-595

  Balsara, Nitash P ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

N number of monomers per chain; Nb average value of N of the block copolymer; Nh average value of N of the A and B homopolymers; b block copolymer volume fraction; temperature dependent interaction parameter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001477907     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0286(98)80031-4     Document Type: Article

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