Viscoelastic effects on the early stages of phase separation in polymer blends

Macromolecules

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 4459-4463

  Clarke, N ^a   McLeish, T C B ^a   Pavawongsak, S ^b,c   Higgins, J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FREE ENERGY; GLASS TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE SEPARATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; VISCOELASTICITY;

CAHN-HILLIARD THEORY; CONCENTRATION FLUCTUATION DYNAMICS; FINITE LIFE ENTANGLEMENTS; SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION; VISCOELASTIC EFFECTS;

INTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORKS;

EID: 0031189942     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma961820s     Document Type: Article

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