Mean-field theory of the interface between a homopolymer and a binary-polymer mixture

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 10134-10144

  Genzer, Jan ^a   Faldi, Alessandro ^b   Composto, Russell J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CALCULATIONS; COMPOSITION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; VOLUME FRACTION;

ATHERMAL MIXTURE; BINARY POLYMER; FLORY-HUGGINS INTERACTION PARAMETER; HOMOPOLYMER;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0030575962     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.472936     Document Type: Article

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