Analytic theory of surface segregation in compressible polymer blends

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 10572-10582

  Freed, Karl F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPRESSIBILITY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREE ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACES; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

GAUSSIAN CHAIN MODEL; POLYMER SURFACE INTERACTIONS; SELF CONSISTENT FIELD DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; SURFACE SEGREGATION;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0030392436     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.472944     Document Type: Article

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