Rheology and phase separation in a model upper critical solution temperature polymer blend

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 739-755

  Vlassopoulos, D ^a   Koumoutsakos, A ^a,b   Anastasiadis, S H ^a,c   Hatzikiriakos, S G ^b   Englezos, P ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

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EID: 0006823473     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.550830     Document Type: Article

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