Spinodal decomposition with varying chain lengths and its application to designing polymer blends

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 897-907

  He, David Qiwei ^a   Nauman, E B ^a  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Spinodal decomposition; Ternary polymer blends; Variable chain lengths

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MIXTURES; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER BLENDS;

CHAIN LENGTH; DIFFUSION EQUATION; DIFFUSIVITY; PHASE VOLUME; QUENCH DEPTH; SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION;

DECOMPOSITION;

EID: 0031117285     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0488(19970430)35:6<897::AID-POLB4>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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