Concentration fluctuation induced dynamic heterogeneities in polymer blends

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3777-3788

  Kumar, Sanat K ^a   Colby, Ralph H ^a   Anastasiadis, Spiros H ^b,c   Fytas, George ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; GLASS TRANSITION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELAXATION PROCESSES; TEMPERATURE;

CONCENTRATION FLUCTUATIONS; DEPOLARIZED DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; SEGMENTAL MOBILITY;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0030242739     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.472198     Document Type: Article

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